…leaves is good too. This is one of a few of the newer evergreen oaks which we all should be growing. Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Pterostyrax…

…Picrasma quassioides in full flower. Picrasma quassioides Picrasma quassioides Quercus pontica with acorns forming. Quercus pontica Quercus pontica Quercus glauca – our tree at Caerhays is nearly dead. Quercus glauca…

…lower branches of this huge tree. We have only very occasionally found any acorns though. Quercus cleistocarpa Quercus cleistocarpa Quercus cleistocarpa Quercus cleistocarpa The trunk on Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ seems…

…us. It is multi stemmed which I assume is normal? This species is not listed in ‘New Trees’. Quercus greggii Quercus greggii Quercus greggii Yet another Disanthus cercidifolius dead two…

…pseudocamellia Quercus imbricaria even better than a week ago. Quercus imbricaria Quercus imbricaria Quercus coccinea stunning too. Quercus coccinea Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Fothergilla intermedia ‘Blue…

…Christmas it would be much easier for it to come through the winter unscathed. Quercus insignis Quercus insignis Nearby Quercus crassifolia is looking fine but here also is late secondary…

…A socialist dictatorship. COVID levels in Monmouth are about the same as Cornwall. Quercus insignis Quercus insignis Quercus insignis Acer capillipes past its best. Acer capillipes Aralia chinensis in flower…

…Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’ An unnamed species of Daphniphyllum. Daphniphyllum Daphniphyllum Quercus rugosa. Quercus rugosa Quercus rugosa Squirrel damage on a plastic label. The tree is Ligustrum confusum and not as…

…than in two days of Chelsea! 2021 – CHWOur planting records show six specie oaks planted in 1997 in Giddle Orchard: Quercus lancefolia (two) Quercus uxoris (two) Quercus acutifolia Quercus…

…paniculata Koelreuteria paniculata Quercus cadicans after a mild winter but with new growth forming. Quercus cadicans Quercus cadicans Magnolia wilsonii early into flower in a mature tree. Magnolia wilsonii Malus…

…growth. Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ shaping up quite well. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Crataegus schraderiana is another new species which will be…

…spot. Quercus stenophylloides Quercus stenophylloides Nearby a Quercus moorii (CMBS 649) has grown little in the last seven to ten years but, today, it has rather exciting red new growth….

…new to us here Quercus oglethorpensis – what a name! Quercus oglethorpensis Viburnum parvifolium just coming out. A compact but rather vigorous small shrub. Viburnum parvifolium 2024 – CHW So…

…Pterostyrax corymbosa Quercus castaneifolia planted in 2000 in Penvergate. Quercus castaneifolia Quercus castaneifolia Quercus coccifera with flowers and acorns forming also in Penvergate. Quercus coccifera Quercus coccifera 2022 – CHW…

…Magnolia sapiensis Magnolia sapiensis Good new young growth on a young Quercus uvarifolius. Quercus uvarifolius Quercus uvarifolius Cornus walteri (formerly Cornus wilsonii) plastered in flowers across this huge bush which…

…‘Genie’ Quercus chapensis with secondary autumn new growth. Very different from its mature evergreen leaves. Quercus chapensis Quercus chapensis Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with ripening fruits. One day this is…

…like young Lithocarpus pachyphyllus. Lithocarpus corneus Lithocarpus corneus Quercus wizlizenii with attractive bark. Planted 2007 and now 15-18ft tall. Similar to Quercus agrifolia in the Rookery. Quercus wizlizenii Quercus wizlizenii…

…steaming ahead in the Rireii opening. Magnolia floribunda ‘Fansipan Furry’ Quercus insignis with its unusual new growth which makes it so frost vulnerable later. Quercus insignis Merniliopanax alpinus has already…

…colours today. Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Stewartia monodelpha is, today, easily the best of the Stewartia species for…

…lurks in the tunnels Quercus coccinea at its best. Quercus coccinea Quercus coccinea I have always found the autumn colour in the garden here on Nyssa sylvatica as disappointing. Not…