…stumps and roots. ‘Golden Scalycap’ (Pholiota aurivella) ‘Golden Scalycap’ (Pholiota aurivella) ‘Golden Scalycap’ (Pholiota aurivella) Euonymus morrisonensis with open seed capsules and just the odd orange seed left inside. Euonymus…

…‘Koban Dori’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Gold Finch’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Gold Finch’ Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’. Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’, Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ with extraordinary and colourful seed pods. Magnolia…

…Moulin Rouge Rhus Tiger Eyese large Ribes speciosum x 3 Sophora Dragon’s Gold Sorbaria Sem x 3 Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum sieboldiiFrank Matthews Prunus x per Spring Glow 125cm + bare-root…

…(as yet) darker florets than others we have seen recently and purple flowers. Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ nicely in flower and nicely in leaf…

…Gold’ clipped into a ball. Coprosma ‘Beatson’s Gold’ Is this Ilex Ilex dimorphophylla or, perhaps, a form of Ilex crenata convexa? Might even be Ilex nothofagifolia? Ilex dimorphophylla? Ilex dimorphophylla?…

…Sambucus niger ‘Golden Tower’ Sambucus niger ‘Golden Tower’ Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’ Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’ Protea cynaroides ‘Little Prince’ Protea cynaroides ‘Little Prince’ Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’ Sambucus niger…

…‘Crimson and Gold’ with ripe bright red quinces. Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson and Gold’ A single very late flower on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Erica canaliculata…

…cernuus recurvus with its flowers as the name implies. Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Rhododendron ‘Goldsworth’s Yellow’ (or similar). Rhododendron ‘Goldsworth’s Yellow’ Rhododendron griffithianum full out – note the smooth bark. Rhododendron…

…March. Showery but not too bad. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ outside the front gate. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ First flowers on Magnolia dawsoniana creeping out a month early. Magnolia dawsoniana Jaimie’s Magnolia…

…a white Camellia, some bits of Nobleanum and Sasangua. R mucronulatum is nice and it opens well in water, nothing here to touch the Jasminum nudiflorum at Werrington. 1913 –…