…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…

…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…

…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…

…autumn planting. Corylus chinensis with enormous hazel leaves. Corylus chinensis Calycanthus ‘Venus’. Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Mahonia eurybracteata with its first flowers. Mahonia eurybracteata We saw this Lysionotus pauciflorus (BSWJ 335) in…

…cherries and other taller shrubs. Rhododendrons will have to wait. Specimen camellias in the autumn. At least we have made a start on a dry day. space space This camellia…

…from autumn hardwood cuttings. The flower tassels are just starting. In time they will have a nasty scent. Oemleria cerasiformis Oemleria cerasiformis The purpose of my trip today (which required…

…autumnal already. Mahonia japonica out on the bank even earlier than usual. The reference books say ‘early autumn’! The label for this Hedychium seems to have vanished. 2023 – CHW…

…TOP 5 of species. Autumn colour. Sorbus japonica Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis – flowers 3ft long when we get them. Carpinus fangiana – 28-30cms catkins Carpinus omeiensis – spreading shrub…

…a selection by Pavia nurseries and has attractive drooping new growth. Good autumn colour apparently but I have not noticed as yet. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ After all…

…Rhododendon nobleanum cut down last autumn which had been reshooting nicely. Rhododendon nobleanum Rhododendon nobleanum Cornus hongkongensis now full out. Cornus hongkongensis Cornus hongkongensis Lyonia ovatifolia was felled to the…