…blue-black seeds with a silvery sheen. Again the plant is demonstrating its desire to survive the drought by procreation. Mahonia aquifolium Mahonia aquifolium Then a sad progress of dead rhododendrons….

…Rhododendron excellens (AC 5615) Rhododendron excellens (AC 5615) Harvey Stephens 2015 gift of Mahonia savilleana has drought die back but also a few flower heads. Mahonia savilleana Mahonia savilleana A…

…Carlyon’ Ripe fruits already on the Hedychium. Hedychium Mahonia japonica just showing. Mahonia japonica 2022 – CHW The Kitchen Garden is greening up. Stones and roots all now in piles…

…A recently planted Mahonia sp. Ogisu 94056 now in full flower. Horrendous prickles! Mahonia sp. Ogisu 94056 Hemiptelea davidii with its leafy twigs which turn into long pointed spines. To…

…Messel’. Sorbus ‘Leonard Messel’ Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ just finishing flowering. Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ 2022 – CHW A press release from the RCM Group attached. Several of…

…plant of Crataegus mexicana f. stipulacea in a pot. Crataegus mexicana f. stipulacea Mahonia ‘Meteor’ with its first flowers in the frames. Mahonia ‘Meteor’ Seed grown Nageia nagi (Podocarpus nagi)…

…autumn planting. Corylus chinensis with enormous hazel leaves. Corylus chinensis Calycanthus ‘Venus’. Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Mahonia eurybracteata with its first flowers. Mahonia eurybracteata We saw this Lysionotus pauciflorus (BSWJ 335) in…

…x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ full out before mid-November! Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ now full out in the nursery and the garden. Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft…

…on Viburnum wrightii. Viburnum wrightii Flowers on a Mahonia cross between M. huiliensis and M. sheridaniana. Mahonia cross between M. huiliensis and M. sheridaniana Halleria lucida still in full flower….

…autumn Mahonia oiwakensis is now 15 feet tall with 3 upright stems. Only one flower easily photographed. A Taiwanese species. Mahonia oiwakensis The yet to open terminal flowers on Aralia…

…above a Symplocos. Camellia x williamsii ‘JC Williams’ Rhododendron keysii nicely out – flowers all year round as we often see. Rhododendron keysii Rhododendron keysii Mahonia oiwakensis (BSW 371) full…

…this year’s record of cotoneaster berries here is Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus. Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus Good autumn colour on Pistacia chinensis. Pistacia chinensis Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ nicely…

…flowers on Mahonia japonica which first had colour in late September below the Playhouse. Mahonia japonica The elderly Pieris above the wall which was so badly affected by the drought…

…All seeds have dropped on Schefflera delavayi. Schefflera delavayi Acacia cultriformis nearly out. Acacia cultriformis Mahonia japonica nearly over. Mahonia japonica 2022 – CHW A new laurel shelterbelt on Bond…

…Cotoneaster frigidus. Cotoneaster x watereri An unnamed Rhododendron williamsianum hybrid. A callimorphum cross perhaps judging by the leaf shape? Rhododendron williamsianum hybrid Edible fruits on Mahonia russellii which Clare tried…

…I suspect this is a very good form of Rhododendron leptothrium or it is a very good form of R. oreotrephes? Rhododendron leptothrium Rhododendron leptothrium A large Mahonia gracilipes doing…

…an excellent Mahonia lomariifolia. The tenants used to run a small nursery here. Mahonia lomariifolia First single flower on Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ Decent flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame…

…oak Turkey oak Turkey oak Acer henryi looking very autumnal already. Acer henryi Mahonia japonica out on the bank even earlier than usual. The reference books say ‘early autumn’! Mahonia…

…job indeed by Treleaven Tree Services. Work complete on the tree surgery Work complete on the tree surgery Work complete on the tree surgery Mahonia x savilleana – clone 7…

…blue podocarps. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae The first flowering that we have seen of a newly planted Mahonia fortunei ‘Winter Prince’. Orange buds opening yellow which tells us a bit…