…This raspberry is very late to fruit and already the leaves have great red and purple autumnal tints. Last year we saw fruit in November I think? Rubus ichangensis Rubus…

…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…

…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…

…equipment and Gerry, back from maternity leave, is taking the leading role. We complete 13 new videos about pruning and tidying herbaceous plants after flowering and in preparation for autumn.The…

…full new growth with its yellow winter needles now vanishing until the autumn. Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’ Philadelphus caucasicus now full out and very fine! Philadelphus caucasicus Philadelphus caucasicus Photinia niitakayamensis…

…a place for it really. Magnolia nitida Magnolia nitida Cladastris kentuckea is always the first tree here to show real autumn colour. I will try to photograph it each week….

…dahlia, asters and fruit will be “great for a change” they say but it is a bit early for autumn colour. The RHS used to have a Great Autumn Show…

…painting nears completion. Strangely a five minute radio interview with Radio Stoke about how to grow magnolias! Clematis armandii with, as usual, a few autumn flowers on the castle front….

…creamy white and they have a sourish hawthorn smell. The leaf shape is different too. This one was planted only last autumn. subsp. cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia…