…this year just like ours. Stewartia rostrata Seeds now ripe on a Pieris clump while Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’ has flowers nearly out. Pieris A view across the top lake….

…flower. first pieris of the year in flower Below Donkey Shoe is another storm casualty I mentioned on Wednesday. One of three mature Pieris ‘Charles Michael’ which has already had…

…secondary new growth and is also doing well so far. Pittosporum glabratum First flowers out on a Pieris this this. This is Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ from memory. Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’…

…good in the sun. Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ Cunninghamia konishii which we lost at home in a cold winter. Old cones and…

…Rhododendron aperantum A young Pieris with secondary new growth or perhaps it has been so dry it is only now coming into growth? Pieris Pieris Pieris Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ with…

…tree has survived the ravages of phytophthera unlike many others here and in other key woodland gardens – especially Windsor. Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ The last…

…Pieris japonica Pieris japonica Sorbus aff. karchungii with its first seed clusters. 2017 planted. Sorbus aff. karchungii Carpinus fargesiana with its first small seed catkins. This is in the heat…

…Pieris forrestii ‘Forrest Flame’ Pieris forrestii ‘Forrest Flame’ The elderly (25 to 30 years) Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ is beautifully scented and just coming out today by the greenhouses. The plant…

…Peter’ wins the Brother Vincent Cup Mike collects the Brother Vincent Cup Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ wins the Lamellen Cup Jaimie collects the Lamellen Cup Pieris japonica ‘Valley Valentine’ First Prize…

…Pieris ‘Valley Valentine’ Pieris ‘Valley Valentine’ First flower out on a 2015 planted Michelia ‘Fairy White’. Plenty of bud to come on such an immature plant. Excellent value as a…

…see good secondary new growth on Pieris forrestii ‘Forest Flame’. Pieris forrestii ‘Forest Flame’ Equally good secondary new growth on Eriobotrya deflexa. Eriobotrya deflexa Our best Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ is…

…alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Pieris very fine. Pieris Betula albo sinensis with catkins. Betula albo sinensis Betula albo sinensis Betula albo sinensis Quercus nigra ‘Beethoven’ – a record tree….

…dark ex Tregullow Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’. Nice buds too. Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ Early flowers on a previously hidden pieris which was under a huge…

…ahead four to five years on from planting and is now 10-12ft tall. Magnolia caveanas Pieris ‘Charles Williams’ (my uncle not me!) with early bud clusters. Pieris ‘Charles Williams’ 2019…

…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…

…hang down like this to display the flowers to best effect. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Another Pieris with very advanced flower buds. Pieris 2017 – CHW Total leaf drop…

…autumn colour here by far. Stewartia x henrya Stewartia x henrya Stewartia x henrya Pieris flowers are fully formed rather earlier than expected. I wonder what this may tell us…

…Garden. Deutzia longifolia The large clump of Pieris above the wall looked dead after the summer’s drought. I am glad now that we did not cut it down as it…

…garden today. Eucryphia milliganii Secondary growth on Pieris almost as good as in the spring after flowering Pieris Some of the Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ are almost over much earlier than…

…plant. Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ and Magnolia doltsopa. Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ (named after my great uncle). Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’…