…of the recently prevailing east wind. droppings Quercus insignis with, as yet, none of the dieback to the late summer/autumn new growth which the cold winds and frosts usually inflict…

…all our efforts in the autumn there is still also plenty of tender stuff to go out from this bed in the frames too. tender stuff The fruits on Sorbus…

…which is not unusual. Rhododendron keysii And one on Rhododendron crassum which is! A late secondary flower or a mistake after a mild autumn? Rhododendron crassum The layers on Rhododendron…

…williamsii camellia seedling First flowers on Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ for Christmas as usual here and at Burncoose. Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ 2015 – CHW Retire to bed. 1978 – FJW Very dry autumn….

…but we did see flowers out on it last December. Verbena bonariensis Seed heads and autumn colour on another clump of Hedychium. The pheasants have attacked the stems of some…

…‘Tricolor’ Hydrangea ‘Tricolor’ 2015 – CHW In Kennel Close planting to catch up on early autumn: Aesculus pavia ‘Splendens’ has lost its leaves but still the first conkers I have…

…but it is not an evergreen. All the other Carpinus species in Kennel Close have now shed their leaves. Carpinus rankanensis What a special colour the autumn show is on…

…looking good in its yellow autumn robes but today rather drab with the best leaves blown off. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri The first daffodil shoots by the fernery. I pictured…

…we also need Torreya jackii and Torreya fargesii to complete the set. Interesting fruits! 2019 – CHW This Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ was cut to the ground last autumn. Strong regrowth…

…a week or two ago. Photinio villosa var. coreana Liquidambar orientalis is newly planted but good autumn colours already beginning. Liquidambar orientalis Likewise Juglans cinarea is quite a show. Juglans…

…(pre) autumn secondary flowering. Rhododendrnon ‘Blue Tit’ Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’. Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ with a flower more or less identical to its spring showing. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Calocedrus macrolepis…

…the two beech and the pollarding of the oak have made a good new planting area for the autumn. new planting area At last after several failures we have at…

…superb by the nursery entrance. Hydrangea ‘Selma’ Hydrangea ‘Magical Revolution Blue’ a strange and erratic bicolour thing. Hydrangea ‘Magical Revolution Blue’ The best thing in the Burncoose garden today was…

…Rush’ Another clump nearby of three other Hydrangea sargentiana have failed in the spring cold after planting last autumn. Hydrangea robusta ‘Tatiana’ now in bud. Hydrangea robusta ‘Tatiana’ Hydrangea heteromalla…

…which have recently been trimmed up and thinned. Horrid squirrel damage Horrid squirrel damage Lindera angustifolia with fine autumn colour in the sun. Lower down the leaves are still green….

…on Ilex aff. gagnepainiana (FMWJ13168) Planted last autumn. Ilex aff. gagnepainiana Ilex aff. gagnepainiana Flowers coming on Schefflera pauciflora (WWJ1199) and very different leaves to our other S. paucifloras. Schefflera…

…the bank now but the earlier autumn flowers were not as impressive. Perhaps our late grass cutting removed some of the blooms. Cyclamen hederifolium View 7th January 1897 – 2020…

…waffled about autumn colours in New England and referred to ‘rhododendrons the size of hotels’. Not quite the theme we had in mind so ‘cut’.Yes ‘we’ were on BBC news…

…battered and miserable big leaved rhododendron nearby. rhododendron Ilex laevigata is a deciduous species with good autumn colour from the Eastern USA. For above the Dog Kennels I think. Supplied…

…blown open high up on one of the Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa First forsythia flowers out. We had some secondary flowering on this plant in the autumn as…