…‘Inspiration’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Inspiration’ Sarcococca wallichii now properly out with the odd black berry still on the plant. Sarcococca wallichii I spot the first few flowers on Camellia ‘Hatsu-Zakura’…

…Griselinia ruscifolia has purple-black flowers which are largely over. A multi stemmed shrub. Griselinia ruscifolia Griselinia ruscifolia Gambelia pseudocuodendifolia (BSWJ 11767) is battered but intact as an evergreen. Gambelia pseudocuodendifolia…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Fuschia ‘Blacky’ has plenty of leaf and flowers still in one of the…

…autumn colour. Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ 2023 – CHW The gigantic cones on Araucaria angustifolia have just turned black and are now ripe but not yet disintegrating. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia…

…with some surprisingly nice autumn tints. Aesculus wangii Another Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ just showing. Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ Tom Hudson’s gift of Adinandra (TH 4557) with a few black berries. This…

…France. reticulata camellias 2017 – CHW Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ has one flower left. The first time this plant has flowered here. Wonderful brown/black/gold indumentum on the underside of its…

…in the nursery is, as it should be, a double dark rich red. The plants outside at Caerhays shown a few days ago were much more purple-black than this. Camellia…

…quite fully ripe near Georges Hut. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ First flowers on the old Camellia ‘Noblissima’ by Georges Hut. Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Juicy black fruits on the Ligustrum confusum which fell…

…they turn from red to black. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae 2023 – CHW Daphniphyllum teysmannii is doing well at Donkey Shoe. Daphniphyllum teysmannii The ancient Lindera communis is regenerating well…

…hedge A few rogue flowers, as usual, on Azalea ‘Kirin’. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Ripe black myrtle berries cover the path. No wonder self-seeding everywhere is so rampant. myrtle berries Acer palmatum…

…Schefflera taiwaniana Schefflera taiwaniana In the Auklandii Garden a similar sized Schefflera alpina (from Crug) has similar racemes of black seeds although the leaves are very different and much larger….

…what looks like male flowers surrounding a single female flower. However I have seen these turn into clusters of 5/7 black berries so I am probably wrong. Bees and flies…

…wilsoniana Acanthopanax aff. sessiflorus (now eleutherococcus presumably) we saw last autumn with clusters of black fruits but we did not see these extraordinary flowers in spherical heads. Quite bizarre really….

…small seeds of which by no means all are black and ripe as yet. One for Asia to collect. Schefflera aff. myriocarpa Schefflera delavayi View 11th January 1897 – 2020…

…dark leaves offset the red flowers to good effect. Loropetalum chinense ‘Fire Dance’ Loropetalum chinense ‘Fire Dance’ Lonicera alseuomoides has produced a crop of black berries which now look ripe….

…black stems as yet but they seem to be darkening. Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Pleioblastus hindsii – the least…

…First primroses Last summer’s ripe seed pods and those from the year before (black) still hang on Stewartia pteropetiolata. Stewartia pteropetiolata Stewartia pteropetiolata I know that the old original plant…

…now at its reddish-black best. Stewartia rostrata Stachyurus praecox just starting to turn. Stachyurus praecox Still plenty of fresh new flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ as is normal now…

…almost black flowers in the greenhouse. It looks very tender. The plant came from a French nursery and is too small to go out for a while yet. Camellia ‘Nightrider’…

…In fact the buds on Black Tulip, Apollo, Genie and Star Wars were also eaten. Taking into account that our trees are still small, the damage was devastating. We reduced…