…not be dioecious as this one clearly is. Apparently some trees are dioecious and some not. Odd! Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Common laurel flowering in early October! What…

…new growth and flower in October? Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus 2022 – CHW Podocarpus nubigenus ‘Pendula’ was a gift from Wakehurst. Here one with the lower weeping branches removed and…

…Dove’ with brief but different autumn colours. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Prunus laurocerasus in full flower in late October! Prunus laurocerasus Two cock pheasants devouring the fruits on Photinia villosa. Photinia…

…on a red flowered tree peony in October! red flowered tree peony 2022 – CHW Rhododendron quinquefolium ‘Five Arrows’ with good autumn colour. I had not spotted this before. Rhododendron…

…from below the wall and up Laundry Hill. Unusual for it to blow in the east in October but no trees down as yet as far as I know. Magnolia…

…attached to page, dated 21st May 1932) I put yellow Maddeni hybrid on the whole of hard and honey yellow Roylei. Additional note: I picked the seed in October 1934….

…Christmas usually, but this is still mid October and the clocks have not changed yet! The second ancient Camellia sasanqua is just out by the ladies loo. Here with a…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW The October heatwave continues and we start out on our autumn planting. Berberis…

…they produce a fine October show. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea full out at around 20-25ft in height. Hoheria populnea A splendid second autumn flowering as usual on Rhododendron ‘Yellow…

…this seldom happen here in the garden? Nyssa sylvatica Diospyros lotus with an interesting red and yellow combination of colours. Diospyros lotus Verbena rigida still looking fresh even in October….