…20 years or so. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi 2015 – CHW Here is an example of the enormous versatility and colour range of hydrangeas. This started out as Hydrangea ‘Altona’…

…– CHW Last few flowers on Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’. Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Ripe seeds on a young Magnolia wilsonii up from the two Magnolia…

…and some still had a few leaves: Dahlia australisDahlia dissecta Dahlia rupicola Other novelties which we saw included: Clethra luzmariae (similar to Clethra pringleyi but a suckering dense shrub) Clethra…

…has just two flowers). Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ The evergreen Clethra mexicana has had its leaves partially frosted. Clethra mexicana Clethra mexicana Magnolia maudiae ‘Touch of Pink’ has…

…a very special autumn colour plant. Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Clethra pringleyi in full flower above the Crinodendron Hedge. Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi 2020 – CHW In the…

…the leaves. One to watch. Clethra fabri Clethra fabri A newly planted Metapanax davidii with its first decent new growth. Looked a bit sick when we put it in with…

…on Clethra pringleyi. This plant is four weeks later than another in the garden. Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi This is another example of what Disanthus cercidiphyllus should look like in…

…fruit. The older coloured leaves have now fallen leaving just the younger evergreen ones. Photinia davidiana Photinia davidiana Flowers about to appear on Clethra pringleyi – lots! Clethra pringleyi Presumably…

…Nestegis cunninghamii Nestegis cunninghamii Nestegis cunninghamii Pittosporum colensoi Pittosporum colensoi Clethra faberi Clethra faberi Clethra faberi Viburnum erubescens (perhaps now called Viburnum chingii). Viburnum erubescens Viburnum erubescens Rhododendron seingkhuense (in…

…the garden. Here in decent dappled shade. Clethra pringlei Clethra pringlei Camellia ‘Manuroa Road’ full out. Cannot remember offhand where this came from. Odd name but very late flowering. Camellia…