…heads which are nearly ripe from last autumn’s flowers. The seeds take a full year to mature which is longer than for most other camellias. Camellia sasanqua No. 2 Camellia…

…biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ A tree fern on Sinogrande Walk with Rh. ponticum and Quercus ilex growing from its trunk. tree fern The (untraceable) and dwarf Carpinus…

…pipiterum – purple leaved. A more mature plant than anything we have at home. The foliage has paled a little in autumn. Zanthoxylum pipiterum Autumn colour on Enkianthus serrulatus. Tom…

…the last decade of mild autumns and exceptionally mild winters with early flowering. Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation’ Odd to find green leaves still on a Dipelta? Dipelta ‘St Ewe’ with…

…on the ground. Magnolia campbellii Styrax japonius ‘Pendulus’ with its usual exceptional autumn show. I have missed the very best of it by a few days. Styrax japonius ‘Pendulus’ Camellia…

…opinion but no mention of this in the article. Secondly the Caerhays plant has intense scarlet then almost black autumn colour. Rather better than described in Hillier’s who say autumn…

…have decent autumn colour but we never see this on the mature tree. Prunus pilosiuscula Euonymus macropterus – the best of the leaves have already dropped. Euonymus macropterus Camellia yuhsienensis…

…and pleasantly early in the autumn too. We have a whole section of plants to buy that are wonderful for autumn colour at Burncoose. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata…

…complaints but autumn is coming and flies are normal. Don’t try to read in bed! Here is a fine dragonfly seen and photographed by Michael in the Back Yard. dragonfly…

…Time to get the autumn/spring rare plant orders for Caerhays into the pipeline before the European nurseries produce their autumn availability lists. Lunaplant in Germany promise a delivery of a…