16th October

‘Honey Baby’ which is a small growing shrubby honeysuckle with (today) startling red fruits. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ Fruits on the irregularly variegated Photinia davidiana ‘Palette’….

8th May

…12 years ago with one small flower. Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Rhododendron vaseyi nicely out. This is a pinkish form but this species can also be white. Rhododendron…

17th May

…name. Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ with strange green markings on the outer tepals and quite a nice yellow thereafter. Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’…

17th April

…the Burncoose one. Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ I thought this was Sorbus megalocarpa on the plan, but I am very wrong. Attractive bronzy new growth and flower buds…

20th October

…and trained onto a trellis structure. Viburnum betulifolium Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ has one surprise secondary flower outside the front gate. Another plant in this group is currently dying of honey

29th January

…Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ is on the way out from honey fungus by the cash point despite all the big buds. It will be dead by April and the leaves…

25th January

…Stewartia monodelpha has tilted even more! We need to secure it back to the dead oak tree behind it quickly. Stewartia monodelpha Honey fungus kills another decent large leaved rhododendron…

11th February

…The stump has nearly rotted away but honey fungus all around no doubt. beech tree beech tree Lithocarpus harlandii getting away with high deer protection after planting a year ago….

7th July

…The milky bleeding from the cut stems has stopped. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana Another rhododendron honey fungus casualty – this is the time of the year when these horrors show…

3rd February

…Half dead. Rhododendron barbatum Polyspora axillaris aff. tonkinensis has suddenly died. Drought, cold (unlikely) or honey fungus? No sign of rotting from honey fungus at the base. Polyspora axillaris aff….