13th May

…shrubs Calycanthus floridus [ALONGSIDE] Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Calycanthus floridus Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cornus ‘Venus’ with its numerous gigantic white bracts. [ALONGSIDE] Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ with its starshaped…

22nd June

…wilting.Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ at its best on Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Styrax wuyuanensis at its absolute best but…

8th September

…plenty of clusters of berries which are turning blue-black. Cornus hemsleyi Cornus hemsleyi Conversely, the equally shrubby Cornus torreyi has just finished flowering. Cornus torreyi A few flowers high up…

30th June

…but is in shade so the bracts could be darker in full sun. Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ has very…

25th October

…but plenty of new growth. Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 1450) Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 1450) Cornus pumila with its autumn colour – not much! Cornus pumila Acer heldreichii hasn’t much to offer…

31st October

…they have found a Cornus kousa with huge fruits on just one limb and a Magnolia ‘March till Frost’ with plenty of secondary flowers. Cornus kousa Cornus kousa Magnolia ‘March…

14th November

…Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Palo Alto’ Cornus alternifolia with its ghostly autumn display. The best autumn colour in the garden today on several trees. This one on the drive. Cornus alternifolia Cornus

23rd October

…‘Midwinter Fire’ with flowers and splendid autumn colour in the nursery. Quite dazzling even before we get the effect from the later bare stems. Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Cornus sanguinea…

10th September

…September and quite a sight today. Cornus florida Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ with large numbers of strawberry fruits after the dry summer. Some leaves have reverted to plain green on…

27th June

…are better later. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cornus walteri 2020 – CHW A trip up the drive now that it is cut.Very few flowers this year on the semi evergreen…

23rd June

…ever. Perhaps our best Cornus in flower today? ‘Satomi’ is probably better. Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Seed pods starting to form on a youngish Rehderodendron macrocarpum. Now that…

11th June

…with variably curled bracts. The planting records give no clue. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ A pure white evergreen azalea flowering today by Georges Hut. The leaves…

7th June

…but it is none the worse for that. Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ The fabulous Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ below Slip Rail. The largest of our three plants….

27th July

…this is actually true to name? Cornus hongkongensis Cornus hongkongensis Cornus hongkongensis An elderly and now very dead Rhododendron weyrichii. Rhododendron weyrichii Twig debris and old cones under a Cunninghamia…

18th November

…Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Magnolia obovata and Liriodendron chinense. Magnolia obovata and Liriodendron chinense The ghostly white of Cornus alternifolia. Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia The record sized Camellia…

25th September

…down. Cornus hemsleyi Cornus hemsleyi Also Cornus iberica with similar black berries. Cornus iberica Cornus iberica Recent deer nibbling all too obvious on this drooping Prunus. drooping Prunus First flowering…

24th September

…the last couple of years. Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Berries on Cornus iberica. Deer nibbling here too. Cornus iberica Cornus iberica One of Dad’s original Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ covered in…

4th August

…here. Viburnum sambucinum Watering has saved these young rhododendrons in the Higher Quarry Nursery. young rhododendrons Cornus macrophylla, another evergreen species, is getting going but no flowers yet. Cornus macrophylla…

1st August

…a mystery. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Adinandra TH4557 developing well but will soon be nibbable by deer. Adinandra TH4557 A young Lithocarpus pachyphyllus has lost a…

7th July

…pheasant’s nest 2017 – CHW First flowers out on the shy flowering evergreen Cornus hongkongensis. Cornus hongkongensis Cornus hongkongensis Seed cones appear high up on the Magnolia rostrata – giant…