…chinensis Crataegus x lavalleei ‘Carrierei’ newly planted in White Stiles. Crataegus x lavalleei ‘Carrierei’ Crataegus x lavalleei ‘Carrierei’ Tail end flowers and berries forming on Cotoneaster flinckii. Cotoneaster flinckii And…

…the 15 or so new species of cotoneaster bought from Mark Bulk in the spring. However only one had any. This was Cotoneaster wilsonii which had odd bell shaped fruits…

…Contoneaster rhytidophyllus Cotoneaster thimphuensis still completely green. Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster hillieri was rated second best in berry last year but only now just turning. We have two plants…

…franchetti. Cotoneaster franchetti Cotoneaster franchetti 2016 – CHW The darker pink original Camellia sasanqua is now full out. darker pink original Camellia sasanqua darker pink original Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua…

…The berries are slightly red with a bit of yellow but perhaps not yet fully ripe. Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ Euonymus europaeus…

…fargesiana (KR 8180) 2022 – CHW Magnolia decidua eventually becomes deciduous. Magnolia decidua Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ with its salmon pink ripe fruits. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ The last…

…in the garden (eg Cotoneaster franchetii). Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus On reflection I think this was the conclusion to the same query in this diary a year or three ago….

…bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ One forgets that Cotoneaster horizontalis is not an evergreen and what a good winter colour show it can produce. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Still a few tail…

…koreana 2023 – CHW In a back street in Tregony I spy this wonderful multi-stemmed and multi-branched Cotoneaster frigidus. Cotoneaster frigidus Cotoneaster frigidus Cotoneaster frigidus Cotoneaster frigidus So I decide…

…Coprinus comatus Coprinus comatus A good combination of Cotoneaster franchettii loaded with berries and Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ just turning colour. Cotoneaster franchettii We plant out Camellia sasanqua ‘Maiden’s Blush’…

…autumn colour. Quercus velutina Quercus velutina Globba schomburkii is a new catalogue addition for 2022. Globba schomburkii Globba schomburkii Cotoneaster ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ in full berry. Cotoneaster ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ Viburnum plicatum…

…pungens ‘Spek’ with its fantastic light blue new growth. Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Cotoneaster confusus just going over. Cotoneaster confusus The clump of three Hypericum…

…not know the name of this very late flowering rhodo. species. very late flowering rhodo. species Cotoneaster ‘Exburiensis’ just coming out. Cotoneaster ‘Exburiensis’ Philadelphus pekinensis has become a huge shrub…

…Cotoneaster moupinensis Cotoneaster moupinensis Another final grass cut at Tin Garden ready for the planting of the FJW memorial gardens next spring. The daffodil bulbs from Ron Scamp have arrived…

…turning. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Plenty of flowers still opening on Magnolia grandiflora. Magnolia grandiflora Cotoneaster franchetii and the autumn colours on Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’. Cotoneaster franchetii and the autumn…

…woodland valley garden. The dark one may well be ‘Bishop Michael’. Magnolias Magnolias Magnolias Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Cotoneaster floccosus with berries. Cotoneaster floccosus Cotoneaster floccosus Cotoneaster floccosus…

…Echium Dead Echium Cotoneaster horizontalis has a fine show of autumn colour now the berries have gone. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Echinops battanicus still has a surviving pale blue flower…

…on a wall although the berries dropped or were eaten weeks ago. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis I do not remember seeing seed heads on Verbena bonariensis as plentiful as this…

…last year. Why do the birds not like these berries? Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Euphorbia mellifera with yellowing old leaves – attractive today! Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera 2020 – CHW…

…on Cotoneaster franchetti below the tower. Cotoneaster franchetti Cotoneaster franchetti 2020 – CHW Mespilus germanica with just a few ripe and well split medlars remaining on the tree. A few…