Crataegus heldreichii looks fairly ordinary by comparison.
Crataegus heldreichii
Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ with a few fruits.
Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’
Secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Genie’.
Magnolia ‘Genie’
Quercus chapensis with secondary autumn new growth. Very different from its mature evergreen leaves.
Quercus chapensisQuercus chapensis
Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with ripening fruits. One day this is going to be spectacular.
Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’
Sorbus dunnii with, as yet, unripe fruit.
Sorbus dunniiSorbus dunnii
Ilex dimorphophylla with another great show of berries. What an interesting holly this is.
Ilex dimorphophylla
Malus x micromalus with ripe yellow fruits.
Malus x micromalus
Lithocarpus lepidocarpus with new growth and flower in October?
Lithocarpus lepidocarpusLithocarpus lepidocarpus
2022 – CHW
Podocarpus nubigenus ‘Pendula’ was a gift from Wakehurst. Here one with the lower weeping branches removed and one still intact and drooping everywhere.
A tail end flower on Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ low down. Drought had held it back no doubt.
Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’
A good flowering on Rhus chinensis especially low down this year. White flower plumes.
Rhus chinensisRhus chinensis
Tilia tuan var. chenmoui has made good growth this year and interesting bark developing on the trunk. Not like other species of Lime.
Tilia tuan var. chenmouiTilia tuan var. chenmoui
Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ still growing well on and recovering from the drought. No sign of any colour yet on any of the deciduous oaks in Kennel Close which will be good later.
2021 – CHW
A look around to see if any Camellia sasanqua were out here. A week too early!A huge but still not quite ripe seedpod on Magnolia sargentiana robusta.
Magnolia sargentiana robusta
The wind has brought down a branch on the Magnolia campbellii alba seedling nearby.
Magnolia campbellii alba seedling
The roedeer are now eating the aucuba!
aucuba
And, as at Tregrehan, the young new shoots on rhododendrons.
rhododendrons
New growth again on Quercus insignis.
Quercus insignis
Mallotus japonicus has grown on well this year. A few flower heads.
Mallotus japonicus
Another picture of the pruned Gevuina avellana.
Gevuina avellana
A low limb on an elderly Scots pine needs removing by Georges Hut.
Scots pine
This Stewartia rostrata, growing in shade, has none of the marvelous autumn colour which we see on the one on the drive.
Stewartia rostrataStewartia rostrata
Merrillipanax alpinus is developing a woody stem and has also grown well this year.
Merrillipanax alpinus
A bud on the old Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ on the castle wall.
Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’
2020 – CHW
The investigation into malus continues and continues to reveal my ignorance of this genus.Malus yunnanensis var. veitchii has no crab apples this year but we have seen some fruit previously.Cotoneaster franchetii looks amazing already.
Cotoneaster franchetii
Annoyingly an unlabelled and unlisted Sorbus is standing proud with its berries and no leaves. Quite a sight.
SorbusSorbusSorbus
Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ covered in secondary flowers – STILL!
Magnolia ‘Yakeo’
Tom thought this was Malus x rockii but, in ‘New Trees’, it is listed as Malus rockii. If the crab apples eventually turn redder than this then he appears to be correct. By the Slip Rails.
Malus x rockiiMalus x rockii
Another trio of (what I assume are) unlabelled shrubby malus below Slip Rail which I think did come from Westonbirt in one of their surplus distributions. I am assuming they are malus based on leaf shape, flower and fruits? Arching branches, red fruits and multi stemmed plants. Adequate in flower but quite a show now. Malus prunifolia perhaps or Malus hupehensis? I need more time to research. Could they be a Photinia species? [I now subsequently think that these plants and the one below are not malus at all but possibly Sorbus or even Photinia. Certainly they are not Malus prunifolia or Malus hupehensis.]
Malus prunifolia perhaps or Malus hupehensisMalus prunifolia perhaps or Malus hupehensisMalus prunifolia perhaps or Malus hupehensis
This is another (probable) malus of no great size which I spotted in the corner and being swamped by bamboos below the Engine House. Just two fruits which are currently orange.
malusmalus
Suddenly a Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ (or similar) in full (secondary flower) near this malus. Is not that the fun of wandering about the garden to come across hidden treasures.
I have no idea what this plant by the original Magnolia dawsoniana actually is or even which genus? I guess Lonicera? Needs watching for the next year to see what it actually might be. The second plant in two days not on any planting plans for us to enjoy. The other was a spreading prickly shrub down Bond Street yesterday which may not be a Zanthoxylum. I will picture it soon.
Lonicera?Lonicera?
Vitex agnus castus just out in flower.
Vitex agnus castusVitex agnus castus
2019 – CHW
Hydrangea pariscoleta ‘Kyushu’ now a gentle pink as it fades.
Cornus kousa var. chinensis laden with smaller red fruits which are also falling.
Cornus kousa var. chinensisCornus kousa var. chinensisCornus kousa var. chinensis
This was planted as Sorbus sargentiana in 1991 but seems similar to our younger Sorbus wilsoniana. I wonder if it is actually Sorbus splendens? (IDS yearbook 2019 Pages 62-67). I will need to try out the leaf alongside the article and collect leaves from all the 3 or 4 trees here.
Sorbus sargentianaSorbus sargentiana
2018 – CHW
A fungus special.The oldest Magnolia sieboldii did not die of drought as I had thought earlier. The honey fungus growths from its roots are now abundantly obvious.
Magnolia sieboldiiMagnolia sieboldii
Attractive fungal growths from the base of an oak tree nearby. I photographed this earlier in the year or last autumn where the fungi were a very different colour. This is a secondary fungal infection I guess. Wish I knew more!
fungal growthsfungal growths
2017 – CHW Our Dutch friends come to stay and bring a Medinella ‘J’adore’ from the Philippines. The flowers will last 12 to 18 weeks indoors with little light as we know from their last gift which was much admired by house visitors in the spring. This is a different form with longer flowers.
2016 – CHW
I am writing a website feature on ‘how to grow seeds’. This will need a lot of work from Karol and Asia to flesh it all out with photographs now and then in the spring. However I have made a start in the pictorial bit about when seeds are actually ripe and ready to collect. Magnolia grandiflora – an unripe pod which will never set seed in our climate.
2015 – CHW
Some new ‘oaks’ in the clearing are coming through after several years of struggling. Castanopsis chinensis looks like an oak and you can well see why Wilson and Forrest initially mistook them as oaks.
Castanopsis chinensisCastanopsis chinensis
Lithocarpus lepidocarpus has new growth which is obviously lithocarpus but is perhaps in too exposed a position. Another new species for the collection which has grown in the last 10 years as fast as in the 1920s.
Lithocarpus lepidocarpusLithocarpus lepidocarpus
1997 – FJW
Jamie picked flower on the Camellia Jap Noblissima by Georges Hut – 3 Noblissima plants had flowers!
1993 – FJW
A wet September and a wet start to October. One nasty storm Sept 13.
1960 – FJW
We have had roughly 5 inches of rain in 10 days – Tree heather coming out as are the Sasanquas by Billiard Room. Royal Flush second flowering has been excellent. 5 sizeable seeds picked from Q cleistocarpa, 4 from Stellata, Alba superba and Liliiflora yet to be picked.
1923 – JCW
The wild clematis (Old Mans Beard) on the silver firs is our best thing now. It has been very very dry from May to August.
1909 – JCW
Just home, a very bad season for rhodo’s. R decorum in full flower and very beautiful. Cyclamen very nice. Clematis paniculata very good. Lapagerias moderate. Cassias good. Solanum fair. No sweet peas.
1905 – JCW
Came from Scotland. Clematis paniculata good and full of promise. Cyclamen, roses, sweet peas, woodwardias are all good. No sign of iris moving.
1903 – JCW
Not been to Scotland. The first Iris Stylosa open some days ago, first Camellia sasanqua today. Mikado, Ingoa, Cassia good and so cyclamen. Some Iris alata open.
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