…Asia to collect on Pittosporum illicioides. Pittosporum illicioides Lindera umbellata. Lindera umbellata Lindera sericea – side shoot badly damaged by roe deer. Lindera sericea Litsea aff. polycarpa has grown into…

…flowers die away. Rhododendron racemosum Lindera umbellata nicely in flower. Lindera umbellata Michelia doltsopa and Michelia floribunda flowers held together for comparison. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Rhododendron canadense flowering well…

…quassioides is a genus from China/Japan related to ailanthus as is evident here. Picrasma quassioides Nyssa leptophylla (ex Roundabarrow). Nyssa leptophylla Lindera umbellata membranacea. We lost one earlier and this…

…roxburgii nicely out but most flowers battered by rain. Rosa roxburgii Raphiolepsis umbellata out but battered too. Raphiolepsis umbellata Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ just out high up. Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ A…

…the wrong place and moved to the new rhododendron area last autumn. Laureliopsis philippiana Lindera umbellata already in full leaf. If it did flower I didn’t catch it. Lindera umbellata…

…new growth. I cannot immediately find this in any reference books. Acer tsinlingense Acer tsinlingense Sorbus coloneura with young growth and flowers. Sorbus coloneura Sorbus coloneura Lindera umbellata in flower….

…the night train. Not the greatest display of plants I have seen but some nice things – Abies pindro, Lindera umbellata, Viburnum furcatum, Michelia platypetala.I took two forms of what…

…is quite the best yellow autumn colour (albeit fleetingly) in the garden today. Lindera umbellata nearby has already dropped completely. Planted in 2014 and very clearly now a multi-stemmed large…

…a cross between Eriobotrya deflexa and Rhaphiolepis (perhaps) umbellata. I have missed the flower which was light pink and rhaphiolepis like but the leaves look more like a gordonia to…

…‘Obsidian’. Euphorbia characias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ and Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ Aster ‘Rose Crystal’ looking good. Aster ‘Rose Crystal’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ in flower with Rhaphiolepis umbellata below it right beside the nursery…