…habit due to the weight of its huge leaves. Time to prune the nearby laurel. Polyspora speciosa Polyspora speciosa Hoheria sextylosa just coming out on its lower branches but not…

…smelling unpleasant. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Symphoricarpos albus has clusters of white ‘snowberries’ on the lawn although in full shade here. My mother made us dig…

…speciosa Polyspora speciosa While planting here we suddenly notice dripping white sap running down the trunk of a 20ft tall self-sown Abies grandis. A branch high up had snapped in…

…Carpinus henryana Carpinus henryana Catalpa speciosa ‘Frederik’ is very fine today. Catalpa speciosa ‘Frederik’ Catalpa speciosa ‘Frederik’ Fruit bracts aplenty on Carpinus betulus ‘Purpurea’. Carpinus betulus ‘Purpurea’ Carpinus betulus ‘Purpurea’…

…Cyathea medullaris Telopea speciosa (perhaps Telopea speciossima?) in full flower. It lived for a bit here in the heat of Burns Bank but never flowered. Telopea speciosa Telopea speciosa An…

…yet. new sluice gate in Penvergate Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ is just coming into flower by the tower. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Snowdrift’ is flowering above Four…

…Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ on the lawn. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ 2024 – CHW Another major storm last night. Was it a named storm? No idea….

…in flower. Telopea x speciosa ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ Telopea x speciosa ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ making a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia…

…Crataegus combyi with ripe dropping fruits and no leaves. Crataegus combyi Catalpa speciosa ‘Frederik’ has yet to flower but a suggestion of decent autumn colour to come. Catalpa speciosa ‘Frederik’…

…Some Moupinense and Lutescens at their best, Hamamelis still good, also some Rho mucronulatum. Speciosa on wall open at the top wall. Hybrids some covered with flower. Cam reticulata species…

…buds on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Umbilicata’. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Umbilicata’ The Magnolia campbellii above Crinodendron Hedge won’t be long. Magnolia campbellii above Crinodendron Hedge Gunnera bed in dormancy but a few leaves…

…not scarlets which are beginning. Camellias taliensis and oleifera almost over. No Thompsonii x Arboreum out. 1931 – JCW Much as in 1930 C speciosa is better and we have…

…all over the garden.Prunus ‘Umineko’ is just out (Prunus incisa x Prunus speciosa) and very fine. Hellish name though! Prunus ‘Umineko’ Prunus ‘Umineko’ Prunus ‘Umineko’ Then a huge surprise! Cephalotaxus…

…an already late year. 1933 – JCW As in 1931.1931 – JCW Camellia speciosa is good, the Hamamelis are over, Sutchuenense x are all good here and in the Beech…

…No magnolias showing colour. Single Camellias very good, Speciosa at its best. 1933 – JCW No Magnolias yet. Rho lutescens should be very good shortly, the first Narcissus cyclamineus by…

…Stewartianums are moving. Camellia speciosa has been very good. 1927 – JCW No Tin Garden daffs opening excepting Cyclamineus x . Lady Clare open for a week 1 flower. C…

…from Hillier. 1933 – JCW R lutescens and R argenteum are all very good. R sutchuenense ciliatum at their best. Camellia speciosa has been very good since Christmas, Ciliatum is…

…coming out. This is what JCW and CW refer to as Camellia speciosa. It is the original Forrest introduction from 1917. We were gathering seed of it only a month…

…– FJW Four days of gales. 1928 – JCW No Camellia sasanqua open yet. 1931 – JCW The first camellia speciosa is open today. 1930 – JCW White Cam japonica…

…small ripe quinces on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. We saw more of these earlier in the autumn when still green. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ View 3rd January 1897 – 2020…