22nd July

…forming on Musa basjoo. Musa basjoo Musa basjoo Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis Zelkova serrata with seed forming. Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata 2022 – CHW The tender…

25th August

…but the IDS website pictures enable you to key it out correctly. Very different bark. Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Jaimie has pruned Prunus mahaleb which was leaning and…

9th November

…Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata The Stewartia muddle here with acquired and gifted young plants needs a lot more work yet as you can see. Perhaps the autumn colours…

30th June

…‘Crug Cobalt’. Now I take it all back. Nice thing and well worth Asia propagating. Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’ Only one of…

27th June

…of pink and blue flower ‘starburst’ heads but very pretty in its own way. A dwarf shrub planted in 2003. Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Azalea…

3rd December

…‘Emerald Pagoda’ and Stewartia serrata The autumn colours of Stewartia serrata. The Stewartia species have not performed nearly as well with autumn tints this year. Drought and a mild autumn…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…is not recognised in Hilliers or in New Zealand Native Trees. Pittosporum serratifolia Pittosporum serratifolia Pittosporum serratifolia Brachyglottis hectorii from New Zealand. Brachyglottis hectorii Brachyglottis hectorii Brachyglottis hectorii Griselinia littoralis…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…it gets. Hydrangea scandens x Hydrangea serrata Hydrangea scandens x Hydrangea serrata Aeschcananthus in the glasshouse trailing from a basket. Aeschcananthus Aeschcananthus Deinanthe bifida and Deinanthe caerulea – hydrangea relative….

19th June

…ask. hydrangea hydrangea hydrangea Hydrangea serrata ‘Mount Aso’. The Salix ‘Mount Aso’ flowering here for the first time in March was a good pink but this is better. What is…

5th June

…could see the first few flowers on Hydrangea serratifolia on the top wall from my desk. When I get there they are already over. Hydrangea serratifolia Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’…