…forgotten Acer carpinifolium (the hornbeam maple) just leafing up and flowering the by the Red Linney. There is a younger upright growing plant above the greenhouses but I have never…

…which are browning and very nearly collectable. Rhododendron polyandron Lithocarpus pachyphyllus (an evergreen oak) with a large viable ripe oak seed. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus (an evergreen oak) with a…

…reference books? Carpinus heterophyllus ‘Quercifolia’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ in bud and flower – just as good today as ‘Lois’? Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Newly planted…

…next week’s forecast.The pure white sport on Azalea ‘Greenway’ which Asia has propagated well in the greenhouse. Azalea ‘Greenway’ My father’s Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ just about out. Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’…

…cypress, Microbiota decussata, with its brown foliage. Corylopsis pauciflora Then a visit to Hayle to a farm which now produces compost from green waste collected by Cornwall Council’s green recycling…

…will have turned green by Chelsea time in a month. Toona sinensi ‘Flamingo’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ in full flower and as good as I have seen it in flower. Malus…

…large tree. Huge pale green leaves. Indumented below, yellow flowers. April/May. CWT6336. Rhododendron excellens. Maddenia subsection. Forms a spreading shrub. Large, shiny bright green leaves. Long lily like, scented white…

…evergreen azaleas semi evergreen / near evergreen azaleas semi evergreen / near evergreen azaleas Quercus lamellosa has suddenly shed all its old leaves – as it should now. I have…

…but it is pretty clear where to snip on the stems. hydrangeas by Green Gate hydrangeas by Green Gate The new lapageria planted outside my study window has made excellent…

…The three 1928 michelias above the greenhouse are now believed ALL to be forms of Michelia doltsopa and not Michelia floribunda or Michelia champaca as had been suggested by others….

…greenery stripped from michelias and evergreen oaks by Georges Hut and the michelia flowers smashed up. 2015 – CHW LEUCOJUM vernum Leucojum vernum – Spring Snowflake – this attractive and…

…full out above the greenhouse. A remarkable show in the sun. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ 2017 – CHW Lots of buds still coming out on Magnolia…

…or naturalised crocosmia has been frosted. It will readily recover unfortunately. naturalised crocosmia naturalised crocosmia Camellia ‘Night Rider’ in the greenhouse. Clusters of flowers all open at once. Camellia ‘Night…

…A newly planted Celtis tetrandra although I am not convinced this is the tree photographed and described in New Trees. Originally a Wilson introduction to Kew in 1908 and then…

…aurea ‘Koi’ Phyllostachys aureosulcata’Spectabilis’ Phyllostachys bambusoides’Castillonis Inversa’ Phyllostachys viridi-glaucescens Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Magnolias just starting outside the back yard. Magnolias View 24th February 1897 – 2020…

…– CHW Asia has very cleverly spotted that what is labelled Lardizabala biternata in the greenhouse does not conform with a Google search. Although it does look quite similar until…

…secondary new growth. Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Sycoparrotia semidecidua with bold yellow tints. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Acacia rhetinodes full flower in a tunnel. Acacia rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum…

…the text on this species which was taken at Kew. 2021 – CHW The north wind has split out an ash tree by Bramble Field Path. ash tree This Rhododendron…

…produce a definitive reference book with such poor and inadequate pictures beggars belief. Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ 1990 – FJW Hunt (Kew) here – Styrax fargesii in full…

…on Hydrangea serratifolia on the top wall from my desk. When I get there they are already over. Hydrangea serratifolia Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ by the greenhouse. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile…