…improved with more light. Aesculus parviflora Aesculus parviflora 2018 – CHW Wonderful leaves and new growth on Dipteronia sinensis as a young multi-stemmed plant. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Rhododendron ‘Polar…

…over. In the 1960s we had a mature tree here but I cannot recollect it. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Schefflera macrophylla with brown indumentum covering its new growth. Staggeringly good!…

…a flower? Multi-stemmed as well. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Amazing blue felted new growth on Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum. Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum This Schefflera alpina has decided to produce numerous side…

…sinensis. This is the first year that any of our young plants have actually flowered. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Various suddenly dead rhododendrons in the drought. The last one is…

…leaf Rhododendrons Plenty of elm-like pink seeds on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Hoheria angustifolia is covered in flowers high up the now 30 foot tall tree. Hoheria angustifolia…

…var. magnificum Cercidiphyllum japonicum var. magnificum Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Aesculus assamica Aesculus assamica Pinus ponderosa Pinus ponderosa Salix magnifica Salix magnifica Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Populus purdomii Populus purdomii…

…and is also a ‘Daybreak’. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Dipteronia sinensis just in leaf with a yellowish/bronzy tone. Dipteronia sinensis 2020 – CHW I started writing these diary commends about COVID-19 as…

…Quercus semecarpifolia. Quercus semecarpifolia Kalmia latifolia ‘Minuet’. Kalmia latifolia ‘Minuet’ Kalmia latifolia ‘Ostbo Red’. Kalmia latifolia ‘Ostbo Red’ Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata. Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata Flower heads on Dipteronia…

…however to be going brown not pink! Carpinus fangiana Nor on Dipteronia sinensis. These are rather more attractive than the flowers. ‘Rabbits Money’ or ‘Elm-like’ in the context of Ulmus…

…clusters forming on Lithocarpus variolosus. Lithocarpus variolosus ‘Rabbit’s money’ (as we used to call elm seed as children) seed on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Hoheria sextylosa nicely in flower below…

…acuta The last flower on Magnolia kwangtungensis (Manglietia moto). Magnolia kwangtungensis The seed heads on Dipteronia sinensis have now gone pink. Dipteronia sinensis 2018 – CHW A tiny dead baby…