…japonicus ‘Pendulus’ Sorbus eleonorae with unripe green fruits and quite decent autumn colour which I had not appreciated before. Sorbus eleonorae Sorbus eleonorae Sorbus eleonorae We may not have many…

…Grigia Paeonia rockii Farfalla Grigia A whole new subject to get into one day. 2018 – CHW Off to the greenhouse to sort through seedling rhododendrons then to be grown…

…Lower Rookery Path and full of bloom today. I stand by what I said the other day when looking at the small plants in the greenhouse. Very good for November!…

…Prunus ‘Okame’ with just the early flowers browned off. Prunus ‘Okame’ Prunus ‘Okame’ Is the supposedly evergreen Carpinus Kawakamii really dead?! Don’t think so as the stems are still green….

…and exceptionally mild winters with early flowering. Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation’ Odd to find green leaves still on a Dipelta? Dipelta ‘St Ewe’ with ‘JCW’ behind it making a good…

…plant put in in 1961. Not as horrid as some evergreen camellias. Camellia japonica ‘Variegata’ Camellia japonica ‘Variegata’ Azara integrifolia var brownea with wonderful scent. Azara integrifolia var brownea Then…

…a Melicytus which it clearly is not! evergreen tree evergreen tree evergreen tree 2020 – CHW The Rhododendron weyrichii in the Rockery is just going over.Then a trip to look…

…of the other evergreen azaleas. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ (let us forget the Japanese name here) living up to its name perfectly. Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ Prunus…

…week’s ‘virtual’ Chelsea. Aesculus mutabilis ‘Induta’ Aesculus mutabilis ‘Induta’ Magnolia fraseri ‘Pyramidalis’ is finally out and rather a let-down after such a peculiar green and yellow bud. The first flower…

…‘Gold Rush’. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ with its greenish-white semi-double flowers streaked green below the Tower. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ The rather dull Prunus mahaleb, the St Lucie cherry from central…