…yellow hue. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ is changing nicely too. Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ Catalpa bignonoides ‘Aurea’ with secondary new growth in the show tunnel. Catalpa bignonoides…

…grow in my grandmother’s garden on St. Mawe’s and we transplanted it here. Catalpa bignonoides Catalpa bignonoides Clethra kaipoensis with interesting leaves and flowers just opening. Very erect and upright…

…nearly ripe berries. Aronia arbutifolia ‘Brilliant’ I have nearly missed the flowers on Catalpa ovata in a pot beside the greenhouse. Catalpa ovata Catalpa ovata Fruits on a plant of…

…Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii) is late into leaf and late to drop too. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group As is Halesia macgregorii. Halesia macgregorii Another Clethra pringleyi with flowers nearly over….

…but the leaves are holding still into the second week of December. We need to prop it up yet again. Catalpa duclouxii Catalpa duclouxii 2022 – CHW More North in…

…leaves. Catalpa speciosa ‘Pulverulenta’ Catalpa speciosa ‘Pulverulenta’ Verbascum thapsus, Aaron’s rod, in one of the borders outside the front door. Odd plants have been appearing around the house where the…

…full sun there; whereas this is in partial shade. Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii The best survivor of our Rhododendron roylii hybrids is full out on Burns…

…Styrax wuyuanensis Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii just coming into full flower. Darker in colour than the one I photograph at Ventnor. Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii A…

…Catalpa fargesii var. duclouxii) has a few early flowers on show and very pretty they are too. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Tiny flowers on Ilex yunnanensis which I first saw…

…looks very like Catalpa x erubescens ‘Purpurea’ at present. Catalpa sechuanensis Paulownia kawakamii is now full out and flowering properly for the first time. Just the odd flower in previous…

…in too much shade for best flowering but the three four year old plants are already almost grown together. Philadelphus pekinensii Philadelphus pekinensii Catalpa duclouxii in full flower at 20ft….

…characteristic fleshy hairs (trichomes) on all its stems. Flowers just coming. Hydrangea sargentiana 2024 – CHW Tail end flowers on Styrax americanus. Styrax americanus Styrax americanus The Catalpa duclouxii stump…

…Badminton. exhibit at RHS Badminton exhibit at RHS Badminton And a Silver-Gilt medal as usual at this time of the year. Silver-Gilt medal Catalpa ovata flowering well in Old Park…

…Hoheria glabrata. Hoheria glabrata Hoheria glabrata The mature stem on Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group is splitting and fissuring at the base. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Last flowers on Magnolia x…

…the Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrid’ on Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrid’ Catalpa duclouxii blown over. Catalpa duclouxii The supposedly pink Magnolia delavayi in flower by Georges Hut. A mere hint…

…Clethra fargesii Aesculus parviflora well out in a tunnel. The last Aesculus species to flower and one which is often forgotten. Aesculus parviflora Catalpa x erubescens ‘Purpurea’ is a shy…

…Another branch blown out on our Catalpa bignoniodes (as so often). Catalpa bignoniodes This Hydrangea villosa half died last summer in the drought. It has now blown over onto the…

…seed head today anywhere in Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ Purple petioles on the new growth of Catalpa szechuanica. Oblivious to the drought as you might guess. Catalpa szechuanica 2021…

…heads not yet out Schefflera delavayi Catalpa duclouxii which blew over and was pollarded and uprighted is recovering well as we had expected that it would. Catalpa duclouxii 2021 –…

…625) Catalpa ovata with seed pods while still in a pot in the frame. Catalpa ovata Bright red leaves here and there on Luculia gratissima (KR 11263) and flower buds…