…unfurling of its leaves. Tilia chingiana Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ has been slightly frosted. Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus chinesis with flowers almost over. Crataegus chinesis Crataegus miuveacis with its…

…as here. Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Oconee’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Oconee’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Oconee’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Gumball’ (‘Gum Ball’) has a similar habit to ‘Oconee’ but perhaps not such good autumn colour. We…

…Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ – best show so far Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus ‘Combyi’ Crataegus ‘Combyi’ Crataegus chilensis – performing for the first time properly here and most impressive…

…dwarf sisyrinchium. Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ – a very striking red and not insipid like some of the other knotweeds especially Persicaria…

…a bush. Salix moupinense Salix moupinense Salix moupinense Crataegus ellwangeriania ‘Fire Ball’ was a gift from Bluebell Nursery. Its fruits are now fully ripe. Enormous for a thorn tree and…

…and we had no idea about the wildlife park or golf course. Sadly the pretty island of Fota and its landscape have been split up. Fota House Phyllocladus trichomanoides as…

…CHW The Cornwall construction industry training awards dinner at St Mellion golf club – KPK are awarded ‘builder of the year’. The less said about the ‘dinner’ the better! Cornwall…

…three aerial layers on Rhododendron moulmainense from two years ago. Just a very few aerial roots had come from the twig into the (still wet) moss ball. In another season…

…Rookery Nursery into their final planting positions. The huge root balls are carried by two people in an old sheet to avoid damaging the root balls. A job you can…

…anyway. Paeony form double red camellia Paeony form double red camellia Sorbus zahlbruckneri was actually in flower but its root ball turned out to be too loose to plant and…