…finally getting going with red new growth. Carpinus nimpoli Buddleia limitanea – a gift from Peter Moore planted 2017. Compact and rounded habit with silvery leaves. Flowers have yellow centres….

…have ever got to photograph the flowers (sadly now drooping). Silvery undersides to the leaves too as you can see. Manglietia insignis Manglietia insignis Manglietia insignis Manglietia insignis More pictures…

…the reddish new growth fronting the older silvery foliage as you can see close up. Very attractive in its own way. Eucalyptus crenulata Eucalyptus crenulata Eucalyptus crenulata A bloody roe…

…also from afar. Viburnum globosum The youngish Quercus cleistocarpa with its silvery new growth above Hovel Cart Road. Philip Tregunna grew this as a cutting off the old tree. Quercus…

…the silvery new growth is impressive. Perhaps I am coming around to these ‘ugly beasts’ as the ornamental/architectural plants which they clearly are? We cannot get enough of them into…

…flowering is not bad! Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ has astonishing blue buds with a silvery indumentum. They open blueish and then a…

…Magnolia ‘Peaches and Cream’ – a few late flowers. Magnolia ‘Peaches and Cream’ Sorbus thompsonii with attractive silvery-purple new leaves – planted 2010. Sorbus thompsonii Sorbus thompsonii Tilia miqueliana (the…

…LINDERA obtusiloba Two linderas in flower. The relatively newly discovered (and easy from seed) Lindera aggregata, an evergreen with silvery undersides to its leaves, has tiny and uninteresting flowers. Lindera…

…australis Supposedly a young Staphylea holocarpa (white) but I do not think so! Staphylea holocarpa Maakia chinensis with its attractive silvery new growth. Maakia chinensis Maakia chinensis A carpet of…

…Kunming Botanical Garden. And finally we’ve seen a true Magnolia floribunda in flower with its typical star shaped white flower and leaves with a silvery underside. I’ve read your article…

…– CHW A newly planted Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver Leaf’. Both our old established N. sericea have died in the last year. Wonderful, but hardly silvery, new growth here. The silver…

…the first time I have seen these pink flowers on this species best known for its attractive silvery indumentum on the new growth. RHODODENDROM floccigerum is variable in colour but…

…King’ leafing up nicely. The silver variegation is irregular. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Quercus monimotricha which Asia has cleverly grown from cuttings. Drooping silvery new growth…

…again – this one a scented variety. Half dead again – this one a scented variety 2022 – CHW A fallen leaf under Magnolia dealbata with its silvery underside. The…

…Gate. Again I have never seen this youngish plant in flower before. The leaves are slightly silvery underneath. A cold spot so it is doing really well. There was another…