15th June

…‘Strawberry Fields’ We have just missed Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ in flower at Red Linney. This was a selection by Pavia nurseries and has attractive drooping new growth. Good autumn colour…

26th June

…(FMWJ 13156) This 15 year old Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ needs digging out. It never recovered from the 2018 Beast and keeps trying to flower in the autumn which inevitably causes…

28th June

…(BWJ16323) ready for planting in the autumn. You would not guess it was an Eriobotrya! Eriobotrya aff. elliptica var. petelotii (BWJ16323) Styrax japonica ‘Rubra Pendula’ in the frames. Large flowers…

29th June

…‘Nymans Silver’ Sizygium smithii making good growth too. Planted last autumn. Sizygium smithii First flower on a newly planted Viburnum fansipanense. Viburnum fansipanense We always knew that this Michelia compressa…

3rd July

…the autumn colours and spring flowers. Lindera benzoin Nothofagus moorei is putting on reddish new growth and the young plant is establishing. Nothofagus moorei Meliosma parviflora, a present from Nantes…

10th July

…last autumn. subsp. cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia 6. The one on Sinogrande Walk is looking sickly in full sun but, inevitably, is labelled subsp. cuneifolia although it…

10th June

…in full new growth with its yellow winter needles now vanishing until the autumn. Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’ Philadelphus caucasicus now full out and very fine! Philadelphus caucasicus Philadelphus caucasicus Photinia…

6th January

…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…

3rd January

…small ripe quinces on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. We saw more of these earlier in the autumn when still green. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ View 3rd January 1897 – 2020…

30th December

…to expect from many hollies in a mild autumn. A Phytophthora infection peculiar to some Ilex I suspect but they survive the leaf drop reasonably well. Trevanion holly The sappy…

26th December

…impressive pink flowering form which would probably have been out several weeks before. Prunus autumnalis Prunus autumnalis Prunus autumnalis We have looked at this Eupatorium ligustrinum plant on Bond Street…

25th December

…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…

24th December

…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…

23rd December

…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….

5th October

…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…

13th December

…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…

10th December

…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…

5th December

…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…

12th August

…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…

22nd July

…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…