…to Tilia chenmoui (a Keith Rushford collection). Planted 2016. Tilia chenmoui Abies homolepis (planted 2009) with even more of its spectacular cones this year than ever before. Abies homolepis Abies…

…Shoe. Abies firma Abies firma Micocachrys tetragona, a rare conifer from Tasmania with a creeping, arching habit. Micocachrys tetragona Micocachrys tetragona Pinus wallichiana, the Bhutan pine, which I saw growing…

…other Abies species. Abies koreana Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’ now has many more yellow fruits this year than ever before. They will turn pink tinged when ripe. This too…

…as Abies pinsapo. Abies delavayi First ever flowers on Liriodendron chinense. They are much less colourful than on Liriodendron tulipifera. This tree took 29 years to produce its first flowers…

…cornuta but needed Susyn to put us right. Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’ Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’ Abies delavayi with male flowers and a (hopefully) receptive female seed cone. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi…

…leaves and is developing nicely although it has two leading shoots. One will need to be cut out soon but I had forgotten my secateurs. Abies fraseri Abies fraseri 2017…

…new growth shoots. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi Sorbus aff. ligustrifolium flowering for the first time with us. Roy has seen this in China. Pale yellowish flowers. Sarbus aff. ligustrifolium Sorbus…

…shit on the veranda. cow shit Acacia melanoxylon is totally hardy here. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon </div Abies alba Abies alba Abies alba Olearia argyrophylla Olearia argyrophylla Olearia argyrophylla Another…

…These were M. fraseri var. fraseri presumably? Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata New growth on Abies firma. Abies firma Abies firma 2021 – CHW Another Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ above the…

…superb small growing tree. Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ First flowers out on Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Impressive new growth on Abies spectabilis. Abies spectabilis Populus wilsocarpa…