…2021 – CHW Zanthoxylum armatum (WJM 11.080) properly covered in pepper seed heads for the first time while the leaves are still bright green. Zanthoxylum armatum Zanthoxylum armatum Zanthoxylum armatum…

…with nasty prickles and ‘pepper’ fruits. We now have four species at least of this gardener’s horror. Zanthoxylum coreanum Zanthoxylum coreanum A cluster of berries on Photinia niitakayamensis. We saw…

…for too much shade have now died or been eaten. Zanthoxylum nepalense var. oxyphyllum Zanthoxylum nepalense var. oxyphyllum Quercas suber blown over yet again. Wrong place for this too. Quercas…

…its hard pruning and despite the drought which has brown tipped the new leaves. The dunging has clearly helped. Rhododendron stenaulum Rhododendron stenaulum Rhododendron stenaulum A young Zanthoxylum coreanum with…

…fruits seem well protected too. Zanthoxylum armatum Zanthoxylum armatum Wonderful autumn colour again this year on Lindera umbellata. </div Lindera umbellata Lindera umbellata Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ with its secondary autumn…

…water when it rains. Hand weeding Callicarpa shirasawanum is nearly as good as Callicarpa ‘Profusion’. Callicarpa shirasawanum Callicarpa shirasawanum Zanthoxylum coriaceum laden with peppers. Best showing from this species so…

…on the Main Ride. Laurel hedge on the Main Ride Zanthoxylum armatum now with ripe red fruits (peppers). Zanthoxylum armatum Zanthoxylum armatum Still full green leaves on one of the…

…Daphne pontica Daphne pontica Zanthoxylum acanthopodium which I had never seen before. All these zanthoxylum species are prickly ‘nasties’ but this one seems evergreen and especially so. Zanthoxylum acanthopodium Syringa…

…on Zanthoxylum simulans. Zanthoxylum simulans Quercus acutissima also eye catching today in a tunnel. Quercus acutissima Podocarpus ‘Golden Lady’ is a new entry in the 2023 catalogue and soon available…

Back to 3rd November. A very old dark form of Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ with large flowers growing over a wall at the entrance to the house. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ Zanthoxylum…