…big leaf rhodods One seldom gets close enough to a flower of Aesculus hipposcastanum to see the flower properly (and compare it to Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ – the double form…

…the wind had blown the leaf open on this Fagus asplenifolia (as it had on an adjacent Aesculus hippocastanum) but when I look closely it is actually a massive inflorescence…

…which attack Aesculus hippocastanum or is this just autumn colour? I fear the worst looking at our chestnuts generally. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Sadly no seed has formed on Paulownia…