…one to identify. Syringa species Syringa species Syringa species 2018 – CHW These are an assortment of my father’s rhododendron hybrids. All are nice enough but nothing is outstanding or…

…on a Magnolia sieboldii. Magnolia sieboldii Syringa protolaciniata very fine this year. Syringa protolaciniata Syringa protolaciniata Magnolia ‘Daphne’ just out in Kennel Close but not the two on the main…

…bud. Malus ‘Harry Baker’ 2023 – CHW I cut the suckers off the 3 grafted Syringa pinnata 2 years ago but to no avail. Just out now. Syringa pinnata Syringa…

…now full out before the leaves appear properly. I first saw this at Altamont Garden in Ireland. Syringa pinnatifolia Syringa pinnatifolia The next batch of rhododendrons to line out in…

…red buds but too far out here to be certain of the identification. A huge shrub growing in a hedgerow in the middle of nowhere. Syringa vulgaris Syringa vulgaris My…

…just coming out. From Roundabarrow Nurseries. Syringa tomentella Syringa tomentella Euonymus latifolius is shaping up to be a small tree. I could not remember the name of the small tree…

…Carpinus polyneura with fruits. Carpinus polyneura Syringa reticulata pekinensis ‘Yellow Fragrance’ which isn’t terribly yellow! Syringa reticulata pekinensis ‘Yellow Fragrance’ Syringa reticulata pekinensis ‘Yellow Fragrance’ Aesculus californica just out. Aesculus…

…flower two years from planting out. Rhododendron excellens This is the shot for filming – Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ Syringa wilsonii now full out. Syringa…

…microphylla ‘Superba’ by the front door has developed some variegation on its leaves. Syringa microphylla ‘Superba’ Syringa microphylla ‘Superba’ The very late flowering Azalea ‘Gena Mae’ – a striking orange…

…nearly dead. This is what microclimates and planting plans are all about in a drought year. Syringa yunnanensis Syringa yunnanensis Most eucryphias are flowering poorly in the drought conditions (so…

…tashiroi Illicium tashiroi Syringa reticulata flowered for the first time last year rather earlier in the year. Today there is a single white flower at the very top of the…

…other lilacs anywhere near so the seed should come true with variegated leaves as here. Syringa emodii ‘Aureovariegata’ Syringa emodii ‘Aureovariegata’ Loads of ripe seed on Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia…

…the shrub. Syringa emodii ‘Aureovariegata’ Syringa emodii ‘Aureovariegata’ Hydrangea quercifolia putting on its true colours – rather late? Hydrangea quercifolia Hydrangea quercifolia Daphniphyllum macropodum with fine red leaf petioles but…

…today. Flowers are rose pink outside and whiter inside in drooping panicles. Syringa komarowii Syringa komarowii This Magnolia denudata ‘Forrests Pink’ was felled to a 4ft tall stump by a…

…of another new Syringa species which we saw last week. Syringa reticulata Kalmias planted in 1991 are now a bit too much in the shade but we did, last year,…

…the frames. Excellent! Syringa wilsonii Syringa wilsonii Another new species of Philadelphus with its first flowers – Philadelphus satsumi. No great scent. Philadelphus satsumi Philadelphus satsumi Sorbus dunnii with its…

…pleasing gentle colour for a newish hybrid and a welcome addition. Syringa ‘Sensation’ Syringa ‘Sensation’ I must have relented on the anti-lilac front for here is Syringa ‘Sensation’ with its…

…This group was grown from cuttings taken from a white flowering branch on one of our older plants. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’ with a flower or two of a…

…cut the rather unusual Syringa pinnatifolia for Chelsea but it may well shed by the time we arrive. Syringa pinnatifolia Syringa pinnatifolia Our old plants of Rhododendron neeriflorum died out…

…Malus ‘Comtessa de Paris’ was especially fine. Malus ‘Comtessa de Paris’ Malus ‘Comtessa de Paris’ An unidentified syringa species. unidentified syringa species. unidentified syringa species. Wisteria ‘Pink Ice’ perhaps? Wisteria…