…‘Hotspur Red’ with its orange flash beside the polylepsis. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ A fine clump of Rhododendron canescens hidden away in the back of the drive. I…

…Garden still has colourful fruits on the following varieties:- Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Red…

…var. leveillei Just time today to do a little planting above Red Linney after the digger has cleared the stumps this week. a little planting above Red Linney The Rhododendron…

…also 80% dead but this was expected. The plant is 40 years old, has over-flowered and over-seeded for decades, and has now run its term. Stachyurus chinensis 2023 – CHW…

…George’s Hut is the only japonicus to be covered in flower this year. Plastered in fact. Styrax japonicus Styrax japonicus A few flowers this year on the elderly Photinia prionophylla….

…in bloom by Christmas. Note the red flowered ‘sport’ on Monica. Camellia Monica Dance Camellia Monica Dance Strange, is it not, that the camellias are sticking to their mild weather…

…covered in berry and a good orange which will probably get redder yet. Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster parneyi was also a gift from Fromefield. Oddly coloured berries in a…

…Red’ likewise. Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ 2016 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ just out through the arch. A little late this year. Camellia x williamsii ‘J…

…flowers. Caerhays bred but no one knows by whom or with what. Anyway it is properly registered now. Malus hupenensis Malus hupenensis The white malus with the disgusting scent appears…

…and above Bond Street. This was planted perhaps 35 years ago and has grown slowly and seldom flowered at all. The label is long lost and if I had featured…