5th August

sinensis with secondary flowering. Eucryphia glutinosa covered by Wisteria sinensis Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ with, as usual, exceptional secondary new growth which is pink and white becoming mottled green…

26th June

…has yet to flower but nice leaves. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Fuchsia d’Ete’ Astrantia ‘Florence’ Astrantia ‘Florence’ Deutzia compacta flowering well. Deutzia compacta Wisteria sinensis ‘Alba’ flowering in amongst Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Goldcrest’…

11th June

…Kalmia latifolia ‘Ostbo Red’. Kalmia latifolia ‘Ostbo Red’ Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata. Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata Flower heads on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Viburnum parvifolium nicely in flower on Hovel…

2nd July

…is a huge tree but you need to look up from underneath it to see the best of the flowering effect. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis The…

2nd January

…was, as usual, not forewarned by the dear old Met Office. cryptomeria Pseudocydonia sinensis Pseudocydonia sinensis Just look at the white undersides of the leaves on one ilex oak (still)…

5th June

…by the Tennis Court. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii sinensis There used to be a good group of Magnolia sieboldii sinensis here but they have been squeezed out by a…

19th May

…kiuisiana. Tilia kiuisiana Tilia kiuisiana Tilia endochrysa Tilia endochrysa Tilia endochrysa Nyssa sinensis (FMW 713122) has exceptional spring new growth as well as autumn colour. Nyssa sinensis Nyssa sinensis Rhododendron…

28th April

…to its name. Enkianthus cernuus recurvatus Enkianthus cernuus recurvatus Pittosporum heterophyllum with flower buds. Pittosporum heterophyllum Early flowers on the record tree Magnolia sinensis (now not M. sieboldii var. sinensis

14th February

…plant really. Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis Berries still on Ilex dipyrena which is today labelled a Cornish record tree. I have never seen it set seed before myself…

31st January

…Sycopsis sinensis Sycopsis sinensis I have never seen Lonicera nitida ‘Tidy Tips’ putting on its full winter show before. It looks like a heather from a distance. Excellent edging plant…