21st November

…in full shade? Supposed to be orange and scarlet? Cotinus ‘Pink Champagne’ Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ (‘Matsumae-shizuka’) by the cash point is perfect today and another wonderful advert for Matsumae cherry…

20th November

…‘Chanticleer’ with splendid orange, red and yellow colour in the cash point today. Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ is equally good alongside it. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Deutzia crenata…

31st December

…to Tier 3 in a week. 2019 – CHW Michelia doltsopa well budded up with striking orange-brown indumentum on its swelling flower buds. So far, despite the gales, no leaf…

19th December

…Salix moupinense (but Salix fargesii nearby has none). Beautiful orange-yellow berries on a Sorbus for which we have lost the label. Any ideas please? Sorbus I did reply to Roy’s…

27th December

…find this species in ‘New Trees’. Quercus liabmanii Quercus liabmanii Rubus ichangensis with tiny (often only one or two circular orange fruits in each cup) ripe fruits after Christmas. I…

5th July

…quite similar flowers to B. delavayi in that the centres are orange and the flower colour similar. This species has a much more compact habit and even more bluish leaves….

2nd December

…in December. Jasminum mesneyi Jasminum mesneyi Next door the small quinces on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ have turned yellowish orange and are being eaten my mice, rats or pheasants. Terrible…

2nd May

…‘Hotspur Red’ with its orange flash beside the polylepsis. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ A fine clump of Rhododendron canescens hidden away in the back of the drive. I…

19th March

…which may or may not be a species in its own right or it may be a subspecies of M doltsopa. This he attributes to the velvety orange or purple…

28th November

…Blaze’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ below White Styles below White Styles All now planted and wired up with deer and rabbit protection. wired up This should one day make a…