22nd July
…Callicarpa cathayana yesterday or perhaps both have white flowers? Hard to know when the reference books tell you so little. Callicarpa japonica ‘Leucocarpa’ However this compact clump, labelled Callicarpa dichotoma,…
…Callicarpa cathayana yesterday or perhaps both have white flowers? Hard to know when the reference books tell you so little. Callicarpa japonica ‘Leucocarpa’ However this compact clump, labelled Callicarpa dichotoma,…
…us which looks like a viburnum. Introduced by Crûg Farm. Callicarpa formosana Callicarpa formosana Callicarpa formosana Callicarpa formosana Hydrangea angustipetala with gorgeous bark. Fifteen feet in height and grown as…
…dichotoma Callicarpa dichotoma Callicarpa dichotoma This may be the rather larger growing Callicarpa cathayana which I cannot, as yet, locate in the reference books. White flowers in profusion. Callicarpa cathayana…
…really good show. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ The rather rarer Callicarpa shirasawana nearby not yet out and nowhere as impressive although the berries are. Callicarpa…
…and looking well even if it probably is tenderish. Another plant doing well in Tin Garden. Callicarpa psilocalyx Callicarpa psilocalyx Callicarpa psilocalyx The start of the new planting in the…
…Callicarpa bodinieri Callicarpa bodinieri Myrcia laurotteana var. paraguayensis in full flower. Very much a ‘myrtle’ and I suspect the name. Myrcia laurotteana var. paraguayensis Myrcia laurotteana var. paraguayensis 2021 –…
…Callicarpa membranacea putting on a good show. Callicarpa membranacea Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ simply splendid. Everyone should grow this even if the leaves are still present today. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa…
…as dappled colours on the fading leaves. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ – nothing beats these bronze/purple fruits but no autumn colour yet. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Firmania simplex…
…Better than expected. Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ Callicarpa species unknown from Nanning, Guangdong now with well-formed berries. Callicarpa species unknown Secondary flowers on Rhododendron crassum. Just 2 or 3 trusses. Rhododendron…
…fully evergreen. Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 14508) Callicarpa (TH 2754) with its first berries on show. Callicarpa (TH 2754) Still the odd flower on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink…
…good show. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ While Callicarpa shirasawanum has lost all but a few stragglers and has little to offer. Callicarpa shirasawanum A large bit of the record Laurus azorica…
…good as Callicarpa ‘Profusion’. Callicarpa shirasawanum Callicarpa shirasawanum Zanthoxylum coriaceum laden with peppers. Best showing from this species so far. Zanthoxylum coriaceum 2021 – CHW An email from a diary…
…of shrubby Callicarpa all with their first berries or fruits but, so far, this is the best. Callicarpa shirasawana Callicarpa shirasawana This is labelled Vaccinum cylindraceum but I think it…
…show than Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ I think today. An entirely new and unknown species here. Callicarpa shirasawana Callicarpa shirasawana Next year’s magnolias for planting out starting to drop their leaves….
…White’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall White’ Piles of brambles removed from azaleas above White Styles. Piles of brambles Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Magical Snowstar’ is newly planted but has decent autumn colour and…
…hookeri or Ilex dipyrena The tender Callicarpa psilocalyx is about to flower. I do not think I have seen this before. Callicarpa psilocalyx Callicarpa dichotoma also nearly out. Callicarpa dichotoma…
…Orange’ Callicarpa shirasawanum with less berries than last year but still outstanding. Callicarpa shirasawanum Callicarpa shirasawanum No colour showing yet on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The unnamed Camellia…
…but plenty of new growth. Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 1450) Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 1450) Cornus pumila with its autumn colour – not much! Cornus pumila Acer heldreichii hasn’t much to offer…
…is flowering just when the others seen recently are fruiting. This group have grown well two and a half years on from planting. Callicarpa dichotoma Callicarpa dichotoma Attached here is…
…Garden. last grass cut Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ takes some beating as a garden plant in the autumn. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Rhus punjabensis is suckering after the wind…