…planting team pictures in the Kitchen Garden with the Malus collection all in the ground and planted (65 varieties – 185 trees). These now get uploaded to the Queens Green…

…turning a lovely yellow already which contrasts well with its yellow-green snake bark. Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ The enormous seed heads on Lithocarpus pachyphyllus grow…

…catkin-like flowers. The trailing seed pods are an attractive yellowish-green and I have not seen these before on the tree outside the back yard which my father was given by…

…garden.The young rhododendrons in the frames are looking good. young rhododendrons young rhododendrons Eucryphia lucida above the greenhouse. Late into full flower after the odd flower over the last month….

…which emerges as a bronzy-red before turning green. This tender plant is evergreen with us. It is tucked away in a small microclimate of its own with shelter on all…

…CHW A visit to the greenhouse to see what new was out.Digitalis sceptrum from Madeira nicely in flower. Well worth propagating. A woody (greenhouse) shrub. The second year it has…

…‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ – starts as a pink lacecap and fades to green and white. Tall growing. Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ Hydrangea…

…evergreen azalea by George’s Hut. (unknown) evergreen azalea Laurel hedge cutting below Tin Garden. Laurel hedge cutting Polyspora longicarpus (WWJ 11604) with wasps in its early flowers. Loads of buds…

…first berries. Cotoneaster fangianus Lindera praecox now well established with good new growth. Lindera praecox Euonymus wilsonii is developing into a large evergreen shrub. Euonymus wilsonii Meliosma dentata (TH 4032)…