16th September

…120 year old Camellia sasanqua Malus ‘Indian Magic’ in the Kitchen Garden with secondary flowers and fruit. Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Time for a proper look at the…

19th October

…Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Halloween’ Malus ‘Halloween’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ – the heaviest fruiter of all at a young age Malus…

4th April

…Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae (BKR 201300) which has rather tiny flowers by comparison and is less good. Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae A new (to us) Magnolia ‘Practically Magic’…

3rd April

…‘Coppertone’ x Rhaphiobotrya ‘Coppertone’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ still has some very good dark red double flowers as the camellia season finishes earlier than I can remember before. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’…

21st March

…then, eventually, all that remains are leaf skeletons. Flower arrangers and those who enjoy dried flowers for Christmas (and sometimes spray paint them) often collect the skeletons in the autumn….

24th April

…Malus ‘Brandy Wine’. Malus ‘Brandy Wine’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’. Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus ‘Royalty’. Malus ‘Royalty’ Malus ‘Butterball’. Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’. Malus ‘Indian Magic’…

18th March

…verticellata Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Oconee’ still has the odd leaf left. You can now see what an odd habit this tree has after last autumn’s explosion of colour in a ‘ball’….

13th January

…Gold’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) The Northern Polytunnels lorry unloads our new multi span tunnel. Northern…

29th July

…Agapanthus ‘Midnight Star’ Rehmannia ‘Walberton Magic Dragon’ grows to about 3-3½ft. Rehmannia ‘Walberton Magic Dragon’ Campanula ‘Pink Octopus’ has the merit of being rather different. Campanula ‘Pink Octopus’ Pengelly Garden…

9th November

…of fruits too which have yet to split to reveal the orange seeds. Euonymus europaeus A few excellent autumn colour photos on the drive today. autumn colour autumn colour autumn