…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…Spades’ Celtis douglasii with fruits. Celtis douglasii Celtis douglasii Cornus macrophylla has not yet flowered at Caerhays but here in its full glory. Cornus macrophylla Cornus macrophylla Chrysolepis chrysophylla (Castanopsis)…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…‘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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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….
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…showing colour – very early. Hydrangea quercifolia Cornus capitata is an equally good show today also above the greenhouse. Cornus capitata Photinia glabra (?) has a few flowers. Confirming the…