26th June

…well in full sun. Sometimes referred to as Cotoneaster x walteri ‘Rothschildianus’ but Hillier’s now list it just as ‘Rothschildianus’. Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ has…

6th July

…uncinata Clematis uncinata 2022 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ covered in 40 to 50 butterflies. Mainly speckled woods I think. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ at its best….

21st September

…on Aesculus wilsonii. Aesculus wilsonii Cotoneaster ‘Blaze’ with nearly ripe berries. Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Cotoneaster gonggashanensis with large striking red berries. Cotoneaster gonggashanensis Cotoneaster erratus with more berries than…

22nd September

…and deutzia species Plenty of berries on Cotoneaster noujanensis which was planted a year ago. Cotoneaster noujanensis Cotoneaster noujanensis Also red then black berries on Cotoneaster wilsonii planted at the…

1st November

Cotoneaster horizontalis outside the Drawing Room. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ and Cotoneaster horizontalis I have never seen Cotoneaster horizontalis so covered in berry. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Sadly Kerry Burns died…

29th December

Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus 2018 – CHW Sophora japonica ‘Sun King’ has a fat crop of flower buds developing. We lost three…

23rd December

…berries on the rare Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Still a few leaves on Magnolia decidua (formerly Manglietia decidua). Perhaps it will finally flower this year? Magnolia decidua Cotoneaster

29th September

…today as Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’ but we were given it by John Bond at Windsor under the first name. Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’ Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’…

27th December

…keysii Also still leaf and good late autumn colour on Cotoneaster glomerulatus. Some years, without frost, this is almost an evergreen species with us here. Cotoneaster glomerulatus Cotoneaster glomerulatus Suprsingly…

5th March

…be ‘Bishop Michael’. Magnolias Magnolias Magnolias Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Cotoneaster floccosus with berries. Cotoneaster floccosus Cotoneaster floccosus Cotoneaster floccosus A new sculpture entitled ‘The Green Man’ on…