…Camellia taliensis full out now. Camellia taliensis Ligustrum confusum with berries and flower buds for next year. Ligustrum confusum Ligustrum confusum Ligustrum confusum Ligustrum strongylophyllum by way of a contrast…

…Ligustrum confusum Ligustrum confusum Exochorda tianschanica with ripening seeds for Asia to collect soon. Exochorda tianschanica Cercis chingii with very distinct leaf veining. Cercis chingii Cercis chingii What I think…

…growth. Rhodendron sinogrande Virtually leafless Sophora ‘Sun King’. Probably dead. Sophora ‘Sun King’ Sophora ‘Sun King’ Ligustrum confusum has shed nearly all its seed head in the drought. Normally a…

…an old Rhododendron decorum has blown over near Donkey Shoe in the northerly winds last Saturday. Rhododendron decorum Rhododendron decorum Ligustrum confusum flowering prolifically. Ligustrum confusum Ligustrum confusum Rhododendron lepidostylum…

…a fine flowering truss for a privet although most of the flowers are already over. Not a hedging privet! Ligustrum confusum Ligustrum confusum Rather splendid new growth on Acer fabri…

…year on Carpinus fangiana. Carpinus fangiana Ligustrum strongylophyllum flowering decently for the first time. Ligustrum strongylophyllum Ligustrum strongylophyllum Betony growing well in the clearing above Higher Quarry Nursery. Betony Another…

…donax ‘Golden Chain’ Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ Ligustrum japonicum ‘Aureum’ in full flower. Ligustrum japonicum ‘Aureum’ Ligustrum japonicum ‘Aureum’ Dregea sinensis Dregea sinensis Dregea sinensis 2016…

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ We went to label Ligustrum confusum as a UK record tree but DISASTER! Ligustrum confusum Ross has now felled all the abies by Donkey Shoe but…

…quite fully ripe near Georges Hut. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ First flowers on the old Camellia ‘Noblissima’ by Georges Hut. Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Juicy black fruits on the Ligustrum confusum which fell…

…colour showing in December for the last two years and was out by January. Magnolia “Todd’s Fortyniner” Magnolia “Todd’s Fortyniner” 2018 – CHW The fallen record tree, Ligustrum confusum, is…

…on Ligustrum confusum. Ligustrum confusum Seed aplenty forming on Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea Seed heads forming on Photinia prionophylla. Photinia prionophylla Although I suspect they will not develop properly acorn…

…leaves of Mahonia aquifolium. Mahonia aquifolium Ligustrum quihoui still with a few flowers left. Ligustrum quihoui Cordyline ‘Southern Splendour’ shows up well at this time of the year beside the…

…boring. I was quite wrong! Corylus colurna Ligustrum japonicum ‘Texanum’ – dullish but different! Ligustrum texonensis Tripterygium regelii had gone from flowering to seed mode. A huge scrambling shrub which…

…remaining branches. Hoheria glabrata Meliosma dilleniifolia on the drive still not out yet. Meliosma dilleniifolia Ligustrum lucidum with better flowers than one imagines for a privet. Ligustrum lucidum Superb crop…

…a better colour than some years. Magnolia ‘Sunray’ Magnolia ‘Sunray’ Magnolia ‘Sunray’ Thankfully the former record tree, Ligustrum confusum, which blew over two years ago, is reshooting well. New growth…

…Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’ An unnamed species of Daphniphyllum. Daphniphyllum Daphniphyllum Quercus rugosa. Quercus rugosa Quercus rugosa Squirrel damage on a plastic label. The tree is Ligustrum confusum and not as…

…well as Catalpa duclouxii and Ligustrum and Rho weyrichii, campylocarpum and argyrophyllum. Very hot, no rain since June 3rd. 1928 – JCW Styrax, Wilsonii Langleyense, Hemsleyanus the hybrid and Japonica…

…and Ligustrum really flowering. Azalea by front door at its best. 1988 – FJW First rain since June 9th. A gentle soak – no great storm. 1948 – CW The…

…spiral 1969 – FJW First daffs picked – gales knocked over Pittosporum daphniphylloides and Ligustrum near St Ewe hedge. 1966 – FJW First daffodils picked. 1959 – FJW One or…

…buxus or ligustrum. Few people still grow this tenderish plant which is a Camellia japonica x Camellia sasanqua cross but it has grown here since 1895 and been cut back…