…Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ A few good fruits on Cornus kousa ‘Wisley Queen’. Cornus kousa ‘Wisley Queen’ Trachycarpus fortunei and Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ look great together. Trachycarpus fortunei Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’…

…Bulbine frutescens Bulbine frutescens The Cordyline australis disease which is killing mature plants in Cornwall is also present at Ventnor. This lot and several others stone dead since last year….

…Cornus walteri. Cornus walteri Secondary flowers (and no fruit) on Malus ‘Dr Campbells’. Malus ‘Dr Campbells’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’. Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’. Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’…

…the sun. Sorbus Japonica < Sorbus adamii fruiting for the first time. Sorbus adamii Mespilus germanica with a secondary flower alongside the nearly ripe fruit. Mespilus germanica Still decent flowers…

…not stopped a squirrel making a pile of eaten ones. Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Large numbers of blue seedpods nearly ripe on Decaisnea fargesii. Decaisnea…

…herbaceous plants. So very much a nursery and not a garden centre. Among the novelties seen were:Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea…

…regards the big leafed rhodos. Eucryphia cordifolia just starting to show. Eucryphia cordifolia Fruits formed already on Mespilus germanica. Mespilus germanica The silver variegated Liquidambar styraciflua is finally growing very…

…unlike last. Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus wattiana with fruits turning colour already. Crataegus wattiana Crataegus aprica still has green fruits and only a few. Crataegus aprica Crataegus combyi with fruits colouring….

…year old tree growing in poor soil. Cornus florida Cornus florida Sorbus pseudobakonyensis fruits on a 10ft tall tree planted six to eight years ago. First time it has fruited…

…flowers out. Eucryphia lucida x cordifolia Sorbus needhami with fruits even though still in pots. Sorbus needhami Sorbus needhami First fruits on a pot grown Malus toringo. Malus toringo Also…

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…at all what we expected. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Sweet Annabelle’ Two new Potentillas for the new catalogue. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ and Potentilla fruticosa ‘Double Punch Peach’. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Double Punch Peach’…

…Camellia japonica ‘Silver Anniversary’ 2023 – CHW The pheasants are eating the ripe fruits on Mespilus germanica but plenty still on the tree. Brock decided to try one but did…

…near black agapanthus Malus ‘Pink Glow’, the crab apple with pink fruits, was the best thing on the fruit tree lines in the garden centre itself. Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus…

…Trees’. Quercus liabmanii Quercus liabmanii Rubus ichangensis with tiny (often only one or two circular orange fruits in each cup) ripe fruits after Christmas. I have seen flowers and ripening…

…fruit. Sorbus ‘Golden Wonder’ behind it has none. Sorbus do not generally fruit well in our wet conditions but Pearly King does well. Two others on the drive. A small…

…Superba’ flowering in Truro. The secondary flowers had a purple dash in the centre of the tepals and the flowers were much smaller. Viburnum fansiparense with fruit. Viburnum fansiparense Viburnum…

…‘Combi’s Upright’ with marvellous red leaves. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Combi’s Upright’ Crataegus mexicana f. stipulacea with enormous fruits. Crataegus mexicana f. stipulacea Young home raised seedlings of our Record Prunus pilosiuscula…

…species are setting seeds while this Mexican species is in flower. Meliosma dentata Meliosma dentata Meliosma dentata Torreya nucifera covered in fruits which are already ripe and dropping. This young…

…online or in Hilliers. I see that Crug Farm collected it in Northern India. Perhaps it isn’t a shrub? Nonsense! No sign of any flowers or fruit. Nasty black prickles….