…too far away to properly appreciate their beauty. One of the very best blue flowers. P. tomentosa is said to produce a good tree crown on a single stem (with…

…around 120 years old and had dead branches in its crown as anyone (apart from the Forestry Commission) might expect in an elderly sweet chestnut starting to decay and reach…

…judges will say. Cornus kousa ‘Blue Shadow’ Cornus kousa ‘Blue Shadow’ Magnolia ‘Gold Crown’ is a perhaps. Nice bit of green in the yellow flower. Magnolia ‘Gold Crown’ Hydrangea petiolans…

…‘Aitonia’ Camellia japonica ‘Aitonia’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans’ Camellia japonica ‘Sacco Vera’ Camellia japonica ‘Sacco Vera’ Camellia japonica ‘Woodsii’ Camellia japonica ‘Woodsii’ Magnolia ‘Dark Shadow’ on a Crown…

…of its crown. Brachychiton populneus Brachychiton populneus These five Rhododendron sinogrande were moved here from the nursery beds in April. Finally some new growth is emerging after the recent rain…

…tree) has had only a few very late flowers some 20 feet up in the crown of the tree. We have seen this tree set seed lower down but it…

…Sorbus gongashanica Sorbus gongashanica Styrax serrulatus – we gave the lower branches something of a haircut in the winter to lift the crown off other adjacent plants. The reaction has…

…Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ John Anderson, the keeper of the gardens from The Crown Estate at Windsor, called this week with a few plants as gifts for us. Sadly I have…

…lost 20ft of its crown in 1990 and thereafter produced side shoots from the base which are now mature. What I had not realised until looking properly was that the…

…Camellia ‘Anemoniflora’? Camellia ‘Lipstick’ Some split branches on Magnolia delavayi at the top of the garden so we have raised up the crown a bit to make the pathway easier…