31st July

biloba ‘Variegata’ is even slower.One of the two original 100 year old Gingko biloba which has often featured in this diary with autumn colour. Gingko biloba Gingko biloba Gingko biloba

8th November

…recently has split in half in the storms. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ is very pretty with the pink ends to its petals set against the white variegated foliage….

22nd June

…Jaimie wants to layer it as cuttings have so far failed. Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Tilia carolina subsp….

6th December

…A large pile of yellowish leaves. Gingko biloba Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ with its variegated leaves is listed as C. x vernalis ‘Ginryu’ in the new CSI book, ‘Splendid Sasanquas’….

13th April

var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Paulownia fortunei now properly out. Its early white…

16th December

…Ginkgo biloba The leaves on Magnolia dawsoniana are still largely green. Magnolia dawsoniana 2023 – CHW Acer campbellii var. fansipanense.(BSWJ 8270) still with leaves and good colour but not for…

29th November

…this year in the autumn colour range in a good year for colour. One good blow now and that will be that. Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba 2015 –…

15th December

…sasanqua ‘Narumigatas’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigatas’ One can only marvel at the Ginkgo biloba as its astonishing show this year finally drops. Eight weeks of splendour! Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo…

28th April

…sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Mahonia hartwegii. Mahonia hartwegii Mahonia hartwegii Mahonia hartwegii Pittosporum illicioides var. angustifolium. Pittosporum illicioides var. angustifolium Male and female catkins on Carpinus fangiana….

9th June

…drooping tree. Carpinus turczaninowii var. turczaninowii (Farrer) Carpinus turczaninowii var. turczaninowii (Farrer) Photinia serratifolia var. ardisiifolia (NMWJ 14513) with its new growth. Photinia serratifolia var. ardisiifolia (NMWJ 14513) Quercus hypoxantha…

6th May

…front gate. Slow worms Magnolia officinalis var. biloba flowering in Penvergate. Later than usual but the one by Slip Rail is still not showing at all. Magnolia officinalis var. biloba

15th April

biloba Magnolia officinalis var biloba Magnolia officinalis var biloba Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ is just out long after the ‘Yellow Bird’ beside it has gone over. As it has been so…

5th May

…and flowers. Berberis amurensis var. latifolia Berberis amurensis var. latifolia Azalea oldhamii just out but sparse flowering this year even on youngish plants. Azalea oldhamii Rhododendron neriiflorum making a decent…

18th May

…back of a dead Scots Pine. It might be Fuligo septica var. flava – a slime mold. Fuligo septica var. flava Fuligo septica var. flava 2024 – CHW Considerably more…

2nd September

…seeds. About half the size they were last year. As last year also a secondary flower. Magnolia officinalis var biloba Magnolia officinalis var biloba Tilia henryana has flowered early and…

RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…blew down recently at Donkey Shoe Abies forrestii Abies forrestii Abies forrestii A very fine Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var

9th March

…Record Tree Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta. Magnolia x sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ and the Record Tree Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta A spectacular show from the Record Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta….

8th December

…already been frosted. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ The Ginkgo biloba is finally turning its splendid yellow. Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba 2021 – CHW Seedpods on Torreya taxifolia….

22nd November

…rare species. Enkianthus deflexus 2016 – CHW The Ginkgo biloba is turning nicely in the sun outside the front gate. Ginkgo biloba An autumnal view from over the top of…

3rd August

…as Maclura tricuspidata. Schizophragma integrifolium var. fauriei at its finest. Not particularly tyring to climb here and more of a shrubby habit. Schizophragma integrifolium var. fauriei Schizophragma integrifolium var. fauriei…