3rd May

…Scarlet’ Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’ Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’…

24th December

…cleaning out by the bridge. river river The pampas grass flowers on the islands in the lake show up well. pampas grass flowers 2016 – CHW This is the first…

16th September

…forrestii Buddleia forrestii To give more light to the river and because the area was full of dead elm and dying ash we sought a felling licence to clear the…

13th November

…on a young Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ in Tin Garden. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Sorbus wilsoniana now with good autumn colour to match the berries. Sorbus wilsoniana Sorbus wilsoniana Liriodendron chinense starting…

10th May

…form of Magnolia sieboldii. However when I rush to the greenhouse ours has no flowers.Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’ is now properly out. Last week just in bud. Malus coronaria ‘Elk…

14th March

…Rhododendron fansipanensis Rhododendron montroseanum Rhododendron montroseanum Rhododendron retusum Rhododendron retusum Rhododendron ‘Snowy River’ (Rhododendron ririei x Rhododendron niveum) Rhododendron ‘Snowy River’ Rhododendron ‘Trebah Gem’ Rhododendron ‘Trebah Gem’ Rhododendron baihuaense JN…

17th November

yellows briefly before dropping but not much of a show. Decaisnea fargesii Nyssa leptophylla with (as usual) an excellent display. Nyssa leptophylla Styrax japonicus from Taehuksando (BSWJ 14181) yellowing nicely…

24th September

…frames sorting out piles of plants to plant out in different places.Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’ with crab apples of the conventional sort. Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’ Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ –…

5th May

…as I can see. Ilex yunnanensis Ilex yunnanensis This plant of Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ is doing rather better than the other. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Halesia macgregori with…

20th April

…worth growing as an oddity or odd yellow. US not Brussels provenance though. This year so far it is a far better yellow than ‘Yellow Bird’ but not usually. ‘Yellow