…one in the garden here. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Vitex agnus castus just out. Our large plant near Slip Rail has still to show. Vitex agnus castus Vitex…

…gives an interesting colour variation in foliage from a distance. This is already a big tree 10 years from planting. Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartinii’…

…old, gnarled and much damaged Paulownia tomentosa in the Main Quarry. Plant Paulownias where you can look down on them is the cry but, as here, the flowers are still…

…normal colour for comparison. normal colour for comparison The second and proper spring flowering of Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’. A very gentle blue with a yellow throat. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Paulownia…

…confusa Paulownia tomentosa – the best shaped and most floriferous tree of this sort I have seen. Paulownia tomentosa Paulownia tomentosa Euphorbia x pasturei – Euphorbia mellifera is one parent….

…against the blue sky. 40-50ft tall now in less than half that number of years. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Sally Hayward has very kindly been transcribing handwritten records…

…touch the ground. Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ Tilia mexicana has similarly huge leaves and a drooping habit. New leaves are bronzy green and the leaves are just as…

…the camellia foliage planting. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ First buds out on Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ The first good red flower on a pure Camellia japonica. Camellia…

…flower in the rain. Olearia virgata, Sorbaria tomentosa (possibly) var angustifolia with one flower still out. Sorbaria tomentosa An unidentified fuchsia species with panicles of flowers six to nine inches…

…in habit but this one more upright. Clethra monostachya First flowers out on Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ from the USA. A suckering and expanding clump. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Trees to fell…