…autumns and exceptionally mild winters with early flowering. Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation’ Odd to find green leaves still on a Dipelta? Dipelta ‘St Ewe’ with ‘JCW’ behind it making a…

…fronds frosted more than for several winters by the Playhouse. Tree fern fronds frosted Yuccas frozen out too in the pre-Christmas cold week. They survived March 2018 and the Beast…

…bank amid an array of leaves. A new self-sown clump here. Cyclamen coum Several flowers on several of the Magnolia grandifloras. Not unusual in recent mild winters but unbelievable to…

…nudiflorum coming out into flower for Christmas. Jasminium nudiflorum Jasminium nudiflorum Viburnum bodnantense flowering away on a drab winters day. Viburnum bodnantense Viburnum bodnantense Self sown Daphne bholua seedlings appearing…

…to admire the magnolias at their very best.Strangely the Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ has no leaves at all despite the mildest of winters. This normally at least semi evergreen tree…

…aff. henryi A nice young plant of Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ with a nearly intact flower. Several of these ‘Winter’s Whatevers’ are very similar! Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ A Polyspora…

…with a rather distinct young trunk. Planted in 2014. In recent mild winters this tree has been photographed as semi evergreen. Quercus buckleyi Quercus buckleyi Acer laevigatum with bronzy-red new…

…Costa’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ alongside Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’. Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ alongside Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ with its anemone shaped flowers. They seem rather small to me this year…

…remember with tiny garden visitor numbers to match.I got wetter with the Canadian magnolia experts yesterday in a 2½ hour garden tour than any shooting day for several winters. Azalea…

…winters. Keviock clearly manage them rather better in Scotland and their stand was a treasure trove of Chinese alpines.This is Primula obconica subsp. werringtonensi and the rather tiny Primula reidii…

…has been sorting watering of some of the most exposed (to sun) new plantings. A second summer of near drought looms? In the 1920s it was cold winters – now…

…pond boat house tulip tree in flower, probably first time. Few fuschias out cut back last 2 winters. Rho stericulum x eriogonum is good also Maddeni series. Hilliers Mag macrophylla…

…Caerhays but failed to propagate or died out in cold winters. We look forward to Tom’s offer of a seedling. The page about Dipentodon sinicus in ‘New Trees’ is also…

…for its autumn colour or cold winters. I have written to Koen Camelbeke, one of the authors, to ask his opinion and especially why our plants flower in late June…

…the UK have ever seen this subtropical species from the Tamaulipas in Mexico. We have tried to grow it twice before but it died in the subsequent winters. Here it…

…was only named recently for us but JCW records its name correctly. Quercus uvarifolius is very tender and frequently cut to the ground in cold winters. Quercus uvarifolius Quercus uvarifolius…

…2019 – CHW I almost missed Rostrincula dependens in flower below the Tower. Buddleia like flowers. In our mild winters this is becoming a 4ftx4ft shrub with a woody trunk….

…put up with these few and enjoy something new as we are doing! We had 15 to 17 new species from Mark Bulk two years ago and most were planted…

…had a dieback in earlier winters. Tom Hudson says his plants ‘fizzled out’ before they developed a more mature trunk. This is a very new tree in New Trees which…

…2017 – CHW A visit to the nursery to have a good walk around and enjoy the autumn colours.The young plants of Puya venusta have grown on extremely well in…