…than the quite similar Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’. Both original plants were Wilson introductions in 1910 (W4106) which grew at Werrington. One is, I believe, now dead but…

…living up to its name. No sign of fading to green here. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Indigofera himachalensis (from Roundabarrow nurseries) flowering properly for the first time. A vigorous and…

…spectacular today. The edges of the leaves remain green to dark green while the centres of the leaves are red and yellow. Eucryphia glutinosa Eucryphia glutinosa 2017 – CHW Correas…

…tree is looking rather battered. King Charles’ 1984 planted blue cedar tree Frosted leaves on the hydrangeas by the Green Gate. The hydrangeas on the main drive still green and…

…mess. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Near Green Gate the original evergreen Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ with its peculiar white then yellow new growth contrasting nicely with its light mauve…

…is still holding green leaves on the new young shoots in December. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Attached is my first draft of the text for the new signage to go up…

…japonica ‘Magic Marlot’ Viburnum ‘Eskimo’ has got its seasons wrong! Viburnum ‘Eskimo’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ liners flowering away. Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ 2023 – CHW To the greenhouses to pick out…

…The evergreen Acer oblongifolium with attractive new growth. It struggles here and will not make anything like this. Acer oblongifolium Schefflera bodinieri – just one of a huge collection of…

…firmly evergreen unlike other species. Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) First colour showing on Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ above the greenhouses. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ A young Acacia pataczekii…

…still in full green leaf. Is it an evergreen? Crataegus wattiana Crataegus aprica is the only Crataegus species in the young new collection still to be holding its (dullish orange)…