…Excellent in bud with the reddish flash. Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ battered and not yet out. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ covered in flower as a…

…that unusual for it to be in bloom by Christmas. Note the red flowered ‘sport’ on Monica. Camellia Monica Dance Camellia Monica Dance Strange, is it not, that the camellias…

…years of sparse underperforming. Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ Two sick scots pine have been dismantled by the KPK offices (our building business). scots pine Camellia x…

…Gem’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus baccata Malus baccata Malus evereste Malus…

…‘Hotspur Red’ with its orange flash beside the polylepsis. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ A fine clump of Rhododendron canescens hidden away in the back of the drive. I…

…also 80% dead but this was expected. The plant is 40 years old, has over-flowered and over-seeded for decades, and has now run its term. Stachyurus chinensis 2023 – CHW…

…George’s Hut is the only japonicus to be covered in flower this year. Plastered in fact. Styrax japonicus Styrax japonicus A few flowers this year on the elderly Photinia prionophylla….

…with attractive red stems. Sedum ‘Red Cauli’ A fine clipped hedge now in full flower outside Monica Trudgeon’s house in the village – Brachyglottis ‘Sunshine’ – not a bad name…

…has few berries and not yet fully coloured. Cotoneaster rokujodaisanensis Cotoneaster schubertii is well covered in berry and a good orange which will probably get redder yet. Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster…

…‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ likewise. Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ 2016 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ just out through the arch. A little late…