…flowering on Magnolia ‘Apollo’ – nearly the same colour as in late spring. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ 2020 – CHW Eucryphia glutinosa covered by Wisteria sinensis with secondary flowering. Eucryphia glutinosa covered…

…we ordered it in as young plants as something else which was delivered not true to name. For once ‘never mind’. Lobelia ‘Tania’ Lobelia ‘Tania’ Needless to say the two…

…this hedgerow clump of tufted vetch (Vicia cracca)? Possibly Genista tinctoria? Possibly Genista tinctoria Tufted vetch and red campion (Silene dioica). Tufted vetch and red campion I think this is…

…nimpoli with its red new growth. Carpinus nimpoli Carpinus laxiflora – this one is correctly named. Carpinus laxiflora Carpinus laxiflora Carpinus laxiflora Carpinus x schuschaensis. Carpinus x schuschaensis This Carpinus…

…car fire The strong southerly winds have covered the beach with green seaweed. green seaweed 3 swifts seen and heard all week over the lawn. Only one youngster? Lomatia ferruginea…

…Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’. Enormous flowers and very reddish leaves. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ A new catalogue entry is Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’….

…which we avidly collected a few. A smallish shrub with remarkable pink tinged horn like capsules and orange-red seeds hanging below. Unremarkable in flower but startling today with seeds. Euonymus…

…walled garden. Burncoose stocked this once and should do so again. Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Ambrose restored this greenhouse but it is a wreck again…

…peculiar coloured leaves. Carpodetus serratus Carpodetus serratus The hidden valley. hidden valley Ternstroemia japonica – a red rarity which I have never seen in flower. Ternstroemia japonica Ternstroemia japonica Abies…

…considered ‘early’ either although many of them will never have witnessed magnolias in flower beside them. Rh moupinense, Rh mucronulatum, Rh delavayi and even Rh ‘Cornish Red’ are out on…

…C. japonica ‘Tiffany’ and C. lutchuensis which was bred in New Zealand. Camellia lutchuensis Final leaves dropping on the lower branches of Prunus pilosiuscula. I cut the ivy on this…

…Camellia gigantocarpa is flowering for the first time here by the Camellia ‘George Blandford’. The flowers are rather battered and the buds are brown not green. The leaves too suffered…

…apace. laurel cutting laurel cutting Velvet covered flower buds nearly ready to flower on Michelia ‘Fairy White’. About a fortnight I guess unless the weather changes. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia…

…and good red variety. Camellia japonica seedlings Camellia japonica seedlings Camellia japonica seedlings Contrast it with these 3 more or less pure Camellia japonica seedlings. No contest at all really….

…was covered in yellowy-orange seed pods showing real seeds. Ours dropped long ago. His Schefflera delavayi still in flower. Ours now with ripe seeds. Euonymus myrianthus Having said all that…

…japonica ‘Takanini’ nicely fronts the orange-red branches of Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ in Kennel Close. An excellent colour combination! Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Little leaf drop yet on…

…– CHW A cold southerly wind and another (as yet unnamed) storm on the way. Sorbus dunnii still covered in fruits. Only planted a year or so ago. Sorbus dunnii…

…wangii Ilex paraguariensis to go in the Rookery. Tom Hudson first introduced us to this species which I have acquired from Mark Bulk. Ilex paraguariensis Ilex paraguariensis Ilex paraguariensis Ilex…

…in full leaf like Carpinus japonica seen yesterday. Carpinus caroliniana (from Mexico) First flower on Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia japonica ‘White Swan’ is covered in…

…original Chaenomeles x superba ‘Rowallane’ is a vivid scarlet or is it orange/ red? A chance seedling originally found at Rowallane. We saw the Hypericum ‘Rowallane’ nearby but it was…