…shed. Rosa ‘American Pillar’ Carya cordiformis growing away well. Carya cordiformis Ilex cerasifolia with flower buds and bronze new leaves. Ilex cerasifolia Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’ growing far better…

…very quickly. Hydrangea ‘Sheila’ – an attractive newer variety with bronze new growth Hydrangea ‘Alpengluhen’ – not a bad red even on our acidic soil in this area of the…

…Two more good forms of Rhododendron loderi which go unnoticed by Schima superba. Rhododendron loderi Rhododendron morii from Glendoick with bronze new growth which our plants have never had. Rhododendron…

…polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Cotoneaster hualiensis situated in full sun setting fruits already. Cotoneaster hualiensis Cotoneaster hualiensis Wonderful bronze new growth on a young Magnolia nitida tucked…

…A good Melliodendron xylocarpum making headway unlike most of the others. Melliodendron xylocarpum First flower on Illicium philippinense and the bronze new growth is excellent. Illicium philippinense Illicium philippinense Cotoneaster…

…its drooping bronze-brown velvety new growth. Stunning today. Neolitsea sericea Neolitsea sericea A more conventionally sized Rhododendron maddenii in flower below Donkey Shoe. Less scent. The trusses seem very tight…

…davidiana Photinia davidiana A very dark Syringa whose leaf looks like S. emodii. A very dark Syringa Photinia glabra – perhaps the form ‘Parfait’ (‘Pink Lady’) with bronze young leaves…

…var rosea Populus deltoides ‘Purple Tower’ is a new plant to Caerhays. If the leaf stays this bronze colour we are in for a treat. Another plant which will have…

…Tudy’(augustinii x impeditum) and hope for the best! Rhododendron ovatum Rhododendron ovatum Nearby is Rhododendron ovatum; a rather insipid pink with nice bronze new growth. Perhaps a colour more reflective…

…cold winds and two of the three are struggling. Clearly a tenderish form. The third has a fine display of bronze new growth today. Betula insignis ‘Fansipanensis’ Betula insignis ‘Fansipanensis’…

…Wonderful reddish-bronze new growth on Nothofagus solanderi or is it Nothofagus cunninghamii. Nothofagus solanderi Just an odd flower on Camellia fraterna. Camellia fraterna Rhododendron williamsianum at Burncoose. Our largest surviving…

…show itself in such an early spring. Isopogon formosus will certainly be new and different and has plenty of buds to come. Isopogon formosus Isopogon formosus Two large Grevillea ‘Bronze…

…a good set of new growth. Schefflera shweliensis (TH 3330) Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii. Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Bronze new growth on Nothofagus solandri. Nothofagus solandri Euphorbia stygiana var. sanctae-mariae…

…for the first time, I see the attractive inflorescences on full show. Acer fabri Acer fabri Acer fabri Attractive red new growth fading to bronze on the rare Photinia glomerata….

…humile Rhododendron ‘Lady Montague Group’ just out. Rhododendron ‘Lady Montague Group’ Wonderful bronze new growth on Photinia glomerata. The Trewithen clump of plants are much larger and taller. Photinia glomerata…

…a gigantic Dacryarpus dacrydiodes planted in 1916 and only recently correctly labelled. Very different in habit and leaf form to our two young trees at home. Our foliage is bronze…