20th April

…light green new growth. Picea smithiana Picea smithiana Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ just out in flower. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ A large Azalea ‘Fedora’ just coming out on the drive. Semi-evergreen. Azalea…

27th September

…with the leaves still green. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ The Cornwall champion tree of Osmanthus heterophyllus (by girth) is nicely scented and producing a good show on what…

3rd May

…before. Tropaeolum A wonderful greenhouse with framed peaches. greenhouse greenhouse Pleached figs opposite the peaches on the greenhouse back wall. [See Georg Ruf’s comment at bottom of page] figs figs…

5th March

…be ‘Bishop Michael’. Magnolias Magnolias Magnolias Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Cotoneaster floccosus with berries. Cotoneaster floccosus Cotoneaster floccosus Cotoneaster floccosus A new sculpture entitled ‘The Green Man’ on…

14th April

…be out. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ Looking online and in the reference books the only species of evergreen euonymus which fits what we saw yesterday is Euonymus myrianthus. Despite the moss…

1st March

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Debutante’ and Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ The camellias on the drive down from the top lodge all now have Karol’s smart new green labels. new…

13th April

…Daphne pontica Daphne pontica Zanthoxylum acanthopodium which I had never seen before. All these zanthoxylum species are prickly ‘nasties’ but this one seems evergreen and especially so. Zanthoxylum acanthopodium Syringa…

23rd August

…not a bad name for the new growth. Pseudopanax ‘Gold Finger’ Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’ has plain green, younger leaves and yellow, variegated, older ones. Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’ Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’…

22nd August

…When looking more closely many have already dropped to the ground. When cut in half no acorn has actually formed within the circled green cup. Perhaps those still left on…

29th December

…by Tin Garden. very black cock pheasant The evergreen azaleas in Kennel Close have a winter garb which glows red in the sun. evergreen azaleas 2015 – CHW Magnolia ‘Betty…