…3 trees.This keys out to Zelkova carpinifolia which has grown in obscurity for c.35 years below the Main Ride. Interesting bark. Zelkova carpinifolia Zelkova carpinifolia Zelkova carpinifolia Planted only in…

…Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata I think this may be a Myrsine species but am far from certain – no label visible. Myrsine species Myrsine species Halorgis erecta has…

…leaf formation. Planted out in the autumn. This is only a large shrub in the wild – Greece or Crete. Zelkova abelicea Zelkova abelicea Zelkova abelicea Sorbus dunnii from Roundabarrow…

…‘Bonica’ Rosa ‘Bonica’ Rosa ‘Bonica’ Zelkova serrata with its characteristic trunk and leaves. Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata I also saw Tilia kiusiana which really is a rarity. 2024…

…forming on Musa basjoo. Musa basjoo Musa basjoo Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis Zelkova serrata with seed forming. Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata 2022 – CHW The tender…

…Rosa ‘Golden Showers’ Zelkova serrata ‘Variegation’ on Nicholas Lock’s stand. Zelkova serrata ‘Variegation’ Zelkova serrata ‘Variegation’ Aextoxicon punctata with excellent new growth. Aextoxicon punctata Paeonia ‘Nippon Beauty’. Paeonia ‘Nippon Beauty’…

…serrata ‘Kiwi Sunset’ which goes on to produce wonderful autumn colour. Zelkova serrata ‘Kiwi Sunset’ Zelkova serrata ‘Kiwi Sunset’ Corylus colurna which I turfed out here some years ago as…

…ovate serrated leaves. Zelkova sicula curana Zelkova sicula curana Schima superba is flowering rather better this year than last. Some flowers already on the ground. Tom said yesterday that his…

…Zelkova. Zelkova serrata Brachyglottis russ[?] which I had not seen before. Brachyglottis russ Pseudopanax ferox in maturity with fully mature leaves. As large a mature plant of this species I…

…with learning difficulties. Zelkova serrata in flower. Zelkova serrata Enkianthus perulatus – a very dense growing shrub. Enkianthus perulatus Carpinus x schuschaensis (perhaps) with just red male flowers and no…

…A hint of pink on the back of the flowers and on the flower stems. Philadelphus melanocalyx Philadelphus melanocalyx Zelkova serrata ‘Variegata’ growing on nicely and now ready for planting…

…Year Competition. Fat chance but was nice enough today. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Zelkova abelicea is growing quickly. Its leaf and branch structure is odd and…

…– with its first flowers here. Not sure where this came from but clearly a greenhouse plant. Prostanthera calycinca Hemiptelea davidii with viscous spines (Zelkova davidii). Introduced to the UK…

…quite a while ago. It may be what I thought were Zelkova by they borehole or below the tree fern on the main ride. I see we planted another in…

…related to Zelkova. Totally hardy, a shrubby tree with spine tipped branchlets and small yellowish-green fruits. Introduced from Korea/China in 1908.Also on the Pavia list were up to 50 species…

…Hovenia acerba – Illicium parviflorum Forest Green – Leitneria floridana – Salix irrorate – Sapium japonicum – Zelkova serrata Variegata 2023 – CHWAnother interesting old newspaper article from 1871 regarding…