…here on Pomaderis elliptica planted last autumn above Higher Quarry Nursery (the proper name may be Pomaderis apetala?). Anyway a large evergreen New Zealand shrub. Hilliers say it needs a…

…x grignonensis which was top grafted. Crataegus x grignonensis Crataegus x grignonensis Autumn colour already on Stewartia rostrata. Reddish today, it will turn black. Stewartia rostrata Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’…

…magnolia tunnel all tidy and relabelled. magnolia tunnel Larger camellias all restocked with smart new colour labels. Larger camellias The climber tunnel beautifully tidy – briefly! climber tunnel Unusual autumn…

…fine cluster of berries on a young Pittosporum adaphniphylloides. Yellower than the ones in the Burncoose show tunnel which I photographed earlier in the autumn. These had an orange tinge….

…gardnerianum and H. coronarium). I need to bring over from the nursery Hedychium greenii (red flowers) and Hedychium aurantiacum (orange) to start a collection of these colourful and attractive autumn…

…Beast and keeps trying to flower in the autumn which inevitably causes more frost damage. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ with plenty of flower high up. Eucryphia lucida…

…“red” than ‘Gum Ball’ which is, today, more purple here. Colours vary and Caerhays see little autumn colour of note as we well know. Several flowers out now on the…

…are all year round! Rhododendron keysii Also still leaf and good late autumn colour on Cotoneaster glomerulatus. Some years, without frost, this is almost an evergreen species with us here….

…Rawes’ First colour on Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’. The plant has had several branches snapped off in the late autumn winds over the years and has always reshot vigorously but the…

…autumn colour and stands out in Kennel Close although only planted this year. Wrong place again I fear as too exposed for it to show off its autumn colour well…