…Acer palmatum ‘Red Pygmy’. Acer palmatum ‘Red Pygmy’ Sally Denis. Sally Denis’ leaving party Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ just out on the drive here. Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’…

…Storm Ciaran has helped. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Major rot in the fallen beech. Major rot The dismembered trunk is removed. dismembered trunk Several years’ worth of jackdaws nests in a…

…workshops at Burncoose Fruits on Sorbus needhamii planted out in October. Sorbus needhamii Jaimie and Michael inspect their aerial layers on the newly registered Michelia ‘White Phantom’. Nothing showing yet…

…below White Styles All now planted and wired up with deer and rabbit protection. wired up This should one day make a fine show for visitors walking on to Old…

…longicarpa with its first flowers out. This plant suffered from cold winds when first planted out but has now prospered and also has its first seed pods. Polyspora longicarpa Polyspora…

…Tin Garden A few more arrivals for the Malus collection. Here is Malus ‘Red Obelisk’. Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ Ilex colchica has arrived from Mallet Court Nursery. A new species for…

…hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis Malus ‘Jelly King’ with ripe fruits. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ 2022 – CHW A huge Pinus insignis tree twists, turns, and falls at the Red…

…Countryside Stewardship Scheme. Wonderful wild flower meadows Wonderful wild flower meadows The red/ pink flowered Magnolia delavayi below the Kitchen Garden. Magnolia delavayi The second grass cut of the Malus…

…stamens. We have seedlings with the red stamens that we have tentatively, not registered, called C.’Rafe’ (we need to find an “Eddie” next for a full family!). Yours looks different…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 13th January 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW One Pittosporum adaphniphylloides covered in seed…

…red anthers. Corylopsis spicata Camellia x williamsii ‘Galaxie’ has a nice striped flower and is always covered in flowers for many weeks. Definitely one to grow or include in the…

…2022 – CHW An exciting development. Jaimie has discovered a self-sown Camellia x williamsii seedling near Crinodendron Hedge which has bicoloured flowers and is markedly different from any other x…

…or three flowers on the original Magnolia campbellii. Not as ‘bad’ as I had feared. Magnolia campbellii One flower out on the yellow form of Magnolia campbellii. A little misshapen…

…the new growth. Schefflera rhododendrifolia Schefflera rhododendrifolia Illicium philippinense with late red new growth. Illicium philippinense A few berries ripening on Viburnum hoangliense for the first time. Viburnum hoangliense Flowers…

…border. Restio-Rhodocoma capensis Restio-Rhodocoma capensis Restio-Rhodocoma capensis Rheum palmatum – I have never noticed these plump red buds before. They soon burst to reveal the first reddish leaves. Rheum palmatum…

…featured in yesterday’s article is absolutely full out today. Not a huge tree but plastered in flowers. Here are five varied pictures of FJW in ‘his’ pomp. Today its arguably…

…their Magnolia martinii: […] here is a glimpse of what is happening in Nantes, our Magnolia martinii flowered for the first time after 3 years. Nice fragrant yellow flowers!And this…

…out here. Eurya japonica Eurya japonica Trewithen’s famous clump of Viburnum betulifolium was still covered in red fruits which the birds and squirrels had left alone. Many had fallen to…

…late flower Argenteum * I could fill a show vase, rest odd flowers. Aemulorum* Davidsonianum* Praecox Leucaspis Parvifolium* Rubiginosum* Stewartianum* Racemosum* (Oleifolium) Primulinum Hybrids Blood Red Arboreum x Thompsonii all…

…out in Bond Street. It is Magnolia Red Lion which is the same cross as Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ and therefore a lengthy flowerer. The colour is perhaps slightly less insipid…