…it was easy! Populus deltoides ‘Purple Tower’ Populus deltoides ‘Purple Tower’ Just two long catkins on Juglans ailanthifolia. Juglans ailanthifolia Still a good crop of flowers on Magnolia ‘Banana Split’….

…good colour and no leaves to be seen yet. Magnolia ‘Solar Flair’ Rhododendron ‘Chip Luma’ – wonderful cross. Rhododendron ‘Chip Luma’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ – silly name perhaps but not…

…also to come down. A large Ilex oak has split in half A large Ilex oak has split in half A large Ilex oak has split in half Seed heads…

…now seems a much more frequent summer occurrence than it was years ago. sweet chestnut branch split and fell sweet chestnut branch split and fell The bracts on Cornus kousa…

…Leucanthemum ‘Goldfinch’ Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’ – the name seems to apply more to the buds than the fully open flower unless these two are labelled the wrong way around? Leucanthemum…

…utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Nearly ripe fruits on Euonymus moupinensis which will soon split open. Euonymus moupinensis Ilex opaca is making a spreading…

…foot tall banana A 10 foot tall banana Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos lebomboensis at a smaller size Encephalartos lebomboensis Encephalartos horridus – the smallest but…

…in the heat of Burns Bank but never flowered. Telopea speciosa Telopea speciosa An unknown banana in flower. banana Neil sets fire to his Xanthorrhoea glauca to avoid the stems…

…pod. Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Hard pruning of Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (yellow) on the Main Ride. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (yellow) The Magnolia delavayi which split…

…far. The huge rhizomes look as though the new leaves are not far away either. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata A magnolia has split in half on the top path preventing…