…‘Emerald Pagoda’ and Stewartia serrata The autumn colours of Stewartia serrata. The Stewartia species have not performed nearly as well with autumn tints this year. Drought and a mild autumn…

…gate. Magnolia dawsoniana Rehderodendron macrocarpum with autumn colour in front of the Monkey Puzzle. Rehderodendron macrocarpum with autumn colour in front of the Monkey Puzzle The Gingko is starting to…

…magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ The sad remains of the flowers of Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’. Shrivelled and rejected. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Strangely the 20 autumn planted Matsumae cherries below White Styles are all fine…

…Guangdong province. Callicarpa species Acer truncatum var barbinerve with the seed heads colouring. Acer truncatum var barbinerve Carpinus caroliniana with excellent autumn colour which I have not picked up on…

…Lights’ – excellent new growth Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Party Lights’ Photinia fraseri ‘Magical Volcano’ – silly selling name but much better than ‘Red Robin’ and on a par with Photinia serratifolia…

…var. paraguayensis with its last flush of flower weeks after it first showed. By now raining heavily! Myrcia laurotteana var. paraguayensis Viburnum wilsonii with even better autumn colours than a…

…It certainly is ‘different’! Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ The 1920s original Michelia floribunda with more flowers than we have seen for years. Hopefully some resulting seeds this autumn. Michelia floribunda…

…batch of scented rhododendron liners. Saleable by next May at Burncoose or here. rhododendron liners Vernicia fordii has now even better autumn colours than 10 days ago. Vernicia fordii Vernicia…

…undersides to the leaves. We must propagate this next autumn. hybrid between Michelia doltsopa and Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ hybrid between Michelia doltsopa and Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ This is…

…under the newer leaves. Magnolia guangdongensis Magnolia guangdongensis Nearly ripe seeds on Sorbus rosea which is ready to plant out in the autumn. Sorbus rosea A fine lot of young…