3rd August

…hydrangea but I prefer larger leaved Hydrangea sargentiana. Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group A raven feeding a single youngster by the Top Lodge…

23rd September

…loads of fruit. Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. zolleringeri with rather less. Photinia villosa var. laevis The 10 or so new Hedychiums are planted below the tower and…

12th July

…heat and are ready for a photograph or two. Rubus phoenicolasius Rubus phoenicolasius Honey fungus strikes quickly. This young Hydrangea aspera villosa is near an old felled Prunus insignis and…

15th September

…in last year’s pictures. The spreading branches are drooping down with the weight of them. Photinia villosa var coreana Photinia villosa var coreana The first time I have ever seen…

24th November

…Seed heads on the record Trochodendron aralioides in Old Park. Trochodendron aralioides A good show on a young Photinia villosa var. coreana by the Dog Kennels. Photinia villosa var. coreana…

10th September

Villosa Group Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group One forgets just how attractive the leaf arrangement is on Ginko biloba even before the brilliant autumn yellowing. Just look at how intricately these…

5th October

…King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ Photinio villosa var. coreana now has massed ripe fruits. We saw the other two forms of P. villosa with berries a week or two ago. Photinio…

23rd August

…ago. Campsis radicans Campsis radicans 2016 – CHW Two very different forms of Hydrangea sargentiana. The first looks more like Hydrangea villosa but the bark seems wrong for villosa while…

20th August

…in this diary and these remain in the ground. Indeed they are now well established. Hydrangea villosa Hydrangea villosa Black seeds now forming on Meliosma oldhamii as we had hoped….

11th March

…robusta Then I see it also on hydrangea villosa nearby so it’s a natural phenomenon and not serious damage. hydrangea villosa hydrangea villosa A week on from snow and a…