6th February

…it came from or from whom? Does not look like any grevillea I have ever seen. Grevillea serrata Grevillea serrata Grevillea serrata Nice young cuttings of Lindera aggregata freshly potted….

25th August

…but the IDS website pictures enable you to key it out correctly. Very different bark. Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Jaimie has pruned Prunus mahaleb which was leaning and…

22nd July

…basjoo Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis Zelkova serrata with seed forming. Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata 2022 – CHW The tender Quercus fleuryi has peculiar drooping new growth…

23rd July

…its enormous trailing ‘tassels’. Carpinus fangiana Carpinus fangiana Zelkova serrata ‘Kiwi Sunset’ which goes on to produce wonderful autumn colour. Zelkova serrata ‘Kiwi Sunset’ Zelkova serrata ‘Kiwi Sunset’ Corylus colurna…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…it gets. Hydrangea scandens x Hydrangea serrata Hydrangea scandens x Hydrangea serrata Aeschcananthus in the glasshouse trailing from a basket. Aeschcananthus Aeschcananthus Deinanthe bifida and Deinanthe caerulea – hydrangea relative….

15th July

…here tucked in behind a laurel hedge. Tristanopsis laurina Labelled Stewartia serrata (which is June flowering). I have my doubts? Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata Melicytisus crassifolius is getting away nicely…

16th November

…better with age. Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata 2016 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ has only two flowers out and the odd bud showing on the now huge and…

12th July

…Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’ 2021 – CHW A local tree surgery firm have been round to prune the old leaning Pittosporum tenuifolium tree in our Seaview…

3rd June

…Barbier’ Rosa ‘Alberic Barbier’ Rosa ‘Golden Showers’ (climber) beside it. Rosa ‘Golden Showers’ Rosa ‘Golden Showers’ Zelkova serrata ‘Variegation’ on Nicholas Lock’s stand. Zelkova serrata ‘Variegation’ Zelkova serrata ‘Variegation’ Aextoxicon…

6th August

…here for the first time. Dichroa guizhou Dichroa guizhou Hydrangea serrata ‘Mount’ Also nearly over. Hydrangea serrata ‘Mount’ Huge flower on the Melianthus villosus. Melianthus villosus We know these seeds…