13th September

…planted only this year, has made good progress as have the new bamboos below it (more later). Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis The two (of three planted 2009) Picea likiangensis have…

14th September

…coming into flower. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Ilex cornuta (BSWJ1118) has much more spined leaves than the older plant by the Auklandii Garden which featured in the holly inspection day….

6th November

…roedeer Honeybees still hard at work in a hole in a mature sycamore tree in Old Park. They have lived here for decades. Rhus glabra growing above a wall at…

1st July

…few are pictured here. Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ Itoa orientalis Itoa orientalis Lomatia tinctoria Lomatia tinctoria The stand is in memory of David Knuckey and his…

17th November

…at this time of the year. Pinus radiata Emerging autumn colour on Rhus chinensis. Pink and yellow. Rhus chinensis Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (Camellia oleifera x ‘Frosted Princess’) on Burns Bank…

25th October

…Acer japonica Sorbus wilsoniana with a huge crop of fruits. Never seen it better. An outstanding species. Sorbus wilsoniana Sorbus wilsoniana Rhus punjabensis which Susyn Andrews warns is highly toxic…

14th May

…M. obovata). Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ New growth on the newly planted Rhus punjabensis. Rhus punjabensis Carpinus x schuschaensis (C. betulus x C. orientalis) introduced by Roy Lancaster in 1972. It…

1st June

rhus and a very toxic one indeed. The label on the plant had long since faded and I had had difficulty believing that it really was a sumach species. This…

3rd October

…The new bench in the large greenhouse is complete and already full as the other benches get new insulation. new bench Rhus ‘Tiger Eyes’ with its developing autumn glow. Rhus

1st October

…beating as a garden plant in the autumn. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Rhus punjabensis is suckering after the wind snapped one of the two main branches. Rhus punjabensis…