5th April

…Camellia x williamsii ‘E G Waterhouse’ Camellia x williamsii ‘E G Waterhouse’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ is unbelievably good as usual. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Behind it an Amelanchier laevis…

17th April

…explained earlier. A better plant than ’CS’ but not in bud and when it first comes out. [Karol pinch from website] PRUNUS shirotae PRUNUS shirotae And you cannot go up…

29th November

…ago but still too late. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ 2018 – CHW The dead Lithocarpus henryi has now been felled and logged. The sad demise from old age…

30th March

…shape of the tree is a bit of a mess! Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ just coming out. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Dad’s unnamed hybrid at Red Linney…

25th April

…the north wind is blowing off cascades of petals onto the drive. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Amelanchier is not a plant group which was represented much at Caerhays until 20…

3rd April

…Prunus ‘Shirotae’ on the drive now full out. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Clearing up stumps around this beech tree which split in half last autumn. Clearing up stumps Clearing up…

22nd November

…of colours as ever. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Cotinus coccygra ‘Rubnifolia’ was cut back recently and is still in full new growth. Cotinus coccygra ‘Rubnifolia’ Enkianthus deflexus with nice autumn…

7th April

…Spanish bluebells Azalea ‘Amoena’ racing out on the drive. Azalea ‘Amoena’ I stop to bemoan the premature end of Prunus ‘Shirotae’ as a result of downpours turning the flowers into…

21st November

…deliberately in a main drain overflow from the drive. These trees delight in growing in boggy waterlogged situations as here. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ is not nearly as…

23rd March

…rest not. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Prunus ‘Shirotae’ holds sway over the drive. Just out and not quite full out. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ is the last of the genuinely tree magnolias…