…Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ nicely out in the nursery where I am for the annual garden tree survey. Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ just…

…tints. Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’ Salix fargesii just turning. Salix fargesii Corylopsis spicata with rich yellow autumn colour on the Main Ride. Corylopsis spicata Acer palmatum ‘Scolopendrifolium’ only now starting…

…individual flowers rather than flower clusters is similarly ‘unready’. Styrax hemsleyanus Corylopsis spicata has a few unripe seed spikes. Corylopsis spicata Conversely formerly pink Magnolia sieboldii seed pods are losing…

…on the Main Ride. Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ and Camellia japonica Corylopsis spicata and Camellia x williamsii ‘Brigadoon’. Corylopsis spicata and Camellia x williamsii ‘Brigadoon’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ now full out. Magnolia…

…1908 but native also to Korea. Hemiptelea davidii Chorizema cordatum now nicely out. I bought this a few weeks ago. Chorizema cordatum Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden Spring’ with its new leaves…

…and windy weather at the end of the week.Spring ornamental plants competitionAny three trees or shrubs of different genera in bloom Acacia longifolia, Stachyurus lancifolia & Corylopsis spicata – 2nd…

…(Podocarpus spicata) which is so radically different that they cannot both be right? Prumnopitys taxifolia Prumnopitys taxifolia Prumnopitys taxifolia Prumnopitys taxifolia Prumnopitys taxifolia Prumnopitys taxifolia I photographed Prumnopitys taxifolia at…

…Corylopsis spicata? Corylopsis Corylopsis Skimmia laureola with berries and flower at the same time. Skimmia laureola Skimmia laureola Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ in a freestanding and exposed position. Daphne bholua…

…Viburnum fragrans, Magnolia salicifolia, Quercus spicata, Quercus glabra, Farrers Oak, Nothofagus dombeyi, Betula albo sinensis of Wilson, one cherry not the true Pilosiuscula. 1922 – JCW In advance of 1918….