1st September

…speed of growth speed of growth First autumn flowers out on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Schefflera delavayi with huge flower stalks. Schefflera delavayi Rhododendron concatenans with its usual…

13th November

…on a young Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ in Tin Garden. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Sorbus wilsoniana now with good autumn colour to match the berries. Sorbus wilsoniana Sorbus wilsoniana Liriodendron chinense starting…

14th May

…in the tepals which you can like or dislike. Magnolia ‘Ossies Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Large Yellow’. Clearly a stupid name if the naming is correct. Magnolia ‘Large Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Large Yellow’…

21st September

…on Styrax wilsonii this year. Styrax wilsonii Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ just out. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ The clump of Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ is now making a good show. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’…

13th April

…leaf at all yet. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ from a distance from below the Rockery. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ 2019 – CHW Malus ‘Evelyn’ (Malus ioensis ‘Evelyn’) just coming…

22nd October

…saligna 1982 – FJW Two flowers on smaller C williamsii in Big Quarry. 1957 – FJW Picked flowers Cam oleifera, 1 flower Burmanicum, Yellow Hammer good for a long time….

5th September

…‘Susan’ Magnolia ‘Susan’ Ditto on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Odd secondary flowers on the hard pruned Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Clematis vitalba flowering on and covering…

6th October

…C. minor C. bailingschanica (two forms with different coloured flowers) 2020 – CHW A fine secondary flowering as usual on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Hoheria populnea flowering well…

30th November

…seed head on a Magnolia grandiflora variety. Magnolia grandiflora variety Still half decent flowers on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Another Aesculus wangii with some surprisingly nice autumn tints….

1st January

…as mild here as last. No colour on those out on 2nd January last year outside the back yard either. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ The old Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ clump by…