…on the new growth of Rhododendron pseudocrysanthemum is outstanding. The velvety leaves are now a dark bronze and stand out superbly. Rhododendron pseudocrysanthemum Rhododendron pseudocrysanthemum Staphylea pinnata has two-celled seed…
…scenting the air on a still overcast day. (Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ beside it has just two flowers). Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ The evergreen Clethra mexicana has had its…
…have died out as I discovered this morning. Rhododendron yunnanense Rhododendron yunnanense A visit to meet Lamorna Edith Cross, my third granddaughter aged one week. We did wet the baby’s…
…acuta The last flower on Magnolia kwangtungensis (Manglietia moto). Magnolia kwangtungensis The seed heads on Dipteronia sinensis have now gone pink. Dipteronia sinensis 2018 – CHW A tiny dead baby…
…cold winds. Hydrangea lobbii Baby lambs in White Styles filed. Our shooting parties are often surprised to see them in November but autumn lambing of Dorset ewes has always been…
…out but Serena and I got a good dunking. Not ideal for her unborn baby and nearly ‘curtains’ at the bottom of the river for me. A bridge I have…
…A New Year’s Eve gathering to christen Serena and Neil’s baby, Lamorna Edith Cross, on a reasonable day weather wise. New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve New…
…week or so ago. Tilia henryana Tilia henryana Tilia henryana Jaimie came across an 8in long baby grass snake. Grass snake These are apparently Mullein moth caterpillars or so Jaimie…
…Bettys Beauty Camellia champetre Cinnamon Cindy Camellia champ Cinnamon Scentsation Camellia reticulata Debut Camellia champetre Gay Baby Camellia champetre High Fragrance Camellia ss Kerguelen® Camellia ss Kicho Camellia classique Manuroad…
…baby at 3.15. About 100 there, 10 to 12 Americans. They saw Davidsonianum, Augustinii, Sinogrande, Williamsianum, Auklandii at thier best. Also many hybrids. Camellias over but odd flowers even on…
…Dad’s 90th birthday lunch. Sadly John and Katie did not produce their baby on the same day to make him a great grandfather. We await this news. Dad’s 90th Party…
…then rooting on into the soil. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’ with bronze-purple leaves – a sport of Rh. Humming Bird Group according to Hilliers. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth…
…It now looks like reshooting. Daphniphyllum aff. longeracemosum (BSWJ 11788) Bronze new growth on Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei A good young Rhododendron ‘May Day’. Rhododendron ‘May Day’ Rhododendron griffithianum now…
…the Acer griseum Flowers nearly out on Halesia macgregorii. Is it really a Chinese Rehderodendron species and not an American Halesia? Halesia macgregorii Good bronze leaves emerging on Hydrangea aspera…
…again! Rhododendron ‘Tally Hoo’ 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…
…glabra – perhaps the form ‘Parfait’ (‘Pink Lady’) with bronze young leaves margined pink. Photinia glabra Photinia glabra Photinia davidiana var. undulata. Photinia davidiana var. undulata Photinia davidiana var. undulata…
…nearly out on the Tin Garden shed. Rosa ‘American Pillar’ Carya cordiformis growing away well. Carya cordiformis Ilex cerasifolia with flower buds and bronze new leaves. Ilex cerasifolia Cercis canadensis…
…fraxinifolia had looked dead but now huge bronze new leaves. Tetradium aff. fraxinifolia Tristanopsis laurina making excellent growth as well. The nursery plants were frosted over winter and had leaf…
…happy! Pinus insignis Pinus insignis Pterocarya rhoifolia with attractive new growth. Pterocarya rhoifolia A group of three Betula insignis ssp. fangipanensis with bronze secondary new growth appearing now. One tree…
…a bronze hue to it. Too rare to be in any reference book and we have three more to go out. Ehretia thyrsiflora Ehretia thyrsiflora Ehretia thyrsiflora This looks like…