15th December

…williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ is red not yellow in the autumn! Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ This is the third time this autumn

16th December

…japonica ‘Takanini’ Little leaf drop yet on Berberis wilsoniae? Later than usual to go deciduous. Berberis wilsoniae Good autumn colour and ripe fruits on Malus x prattii at Slip Rail….

8th October

…have to walk down the water meadows to achieve lift off. single swan single swan single swan The recent gales have destroyed what little autumn colour there was so far…

1st October

…Garden. last grass cut Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ takes some beating as a garden plant in the autumn. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Rhus punjabensis is suckering after the wind…

4th January

…colour, are actually spring rather than summer or autumn ones. As such this is the first magnolia to be ‘out’ this year (2018). Sorry the picture is so poor. Magnolia…

3rd July

…to what I thought we do, I think, have 2 other mature plants. One beyond the Acer griseum and one above Hovel turning. I need to check the autumn colours…

13th February

…planting area for new planting Work is now one and a half days into clearing the Kitchen Garden for replanting in the autumn with our new collection of flowering malus…

30th August

…I have seen tiny yellow-green flowers once. Planted in 2007. Schinus polygamus Schinus polygamus Schinus polygamus Nice autumn tints on Parastyrax sp. nova (Crûg 15165). Parastyrax sp. nova Then I…

15th July

…is late into leaf each year and the secondary new growth in the autumn gets scorched in east winds. A bone dry view down to Porthluney Beach. Porthluney Beach Diospyros…

26th August

…here to cut back and a few dead heads. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Hydrangea aspera subsp. strigosa (BSWJ 15152) just coming out. These autumn flowering hydrangea species are a revelation even…