…magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ The sad remains of the flowers of Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’. Shrivelled and rejected. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Strangely the 20 autumn planted Matsumae cherries below White Styles are all fine…

…sign of the onset of autumn. Aesculus wangii Aesculus wangii 2016 – CHW Amazing autumn colours in the nursery today.Quercus rubra – a dull day but a clear red outside.Oxydendron…

…stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ Decent autumn colour on Rhododendron weyrichii. Similar to the autumn colour on Rhododendron reticulatum which is no great surprise. These autumn tints on Rhododendron campylogynum may represent the…

…Euonymus europaeus ‘Red Cascade’ plastered in seed pods. Euonymus europaeus ‘Red Cascade’ Cestrum nocturnum flowering away well. Cestrum nocturnum Sorbus ‘Autumn Fire’ with fruit but, as yet, no autumn colour….

…some autumn colour behind it on an overcast day. autumn colour You can just make out Liriodendron chinense at 10 o’clock to Pterocarya fraxinifolia in the foreground. Liriodendron chinense 2020…

…St. Enodoc Hotel The Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the drive untouched by the gales. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ An elderly Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata on the drive just…

…off. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ perhaps the best thing in the garden today in the cold wind. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Acacia cultriformis with…

…flowered imitation of the real thing but not too bad really. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Leaf on a clump of Enkianthus in the first week of March. Things…

…while starting to cut the flowers for our entries at the Rosemoor show next weekend. Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’…

…the drive plant of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. This is flowering very sparsely this year in contrast to last when it was plastered. The flowers are slightly smaller than on the…

…Today we find: Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ with three or four flowers out Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with one flower out Rhododendron desquamatum Rhododendron desquamatum All…

…M. ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Perhaps the best magnolia in the garden today is what we have criticised as the fourth, and previously worst, of Jaimie’s batch of seedlings the best of…

…last autumn for the first time in a decade. Not a good sign! Three more camellias with tiny flowers: ‘Fairy Wand’ with more flowers in full sun than the one…

…autumn splendour. Liriodendron chinense Tilia kiusiana with autumn colour. Tilia kiusiana 2020 – CHW As Lockdown 2 nears its end I am starting to run out of new things to…

…away where it is on the rotting stump and gently dig out the holly hybrid later in the autumn. Then grow it on in a pot for a bit before…

…new growth. This nearly died after planting but is now getting going. Keteleeria davidiana Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ with its fine autumn display. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ The true Photinia…

…back in the Rockery rhododendrons and azaleas cut back in the Rockery Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ just out. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Unexpectedly good autumn colour are the dwarf…

…‘Jester’ Wonderful autumn colour on Quercus imbricata. Quercus imbricata Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ with extraordinary autumn hues which I had not seen before. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ To add to…

…flower and autumn colour. Nyssa leptophylla (ex Roundabarrow) Nyssa leptophylla (ex Roundabarrow) Tristaniopsis laurina with even more flower than a month ago. Tristaniopsis laurina The Record Tree Acer almatum ‘Sango…

…autumn colour on Rhodotyphos scandens which I had not taken in before. Rhodotyphos scandens Rhodotyphos scandens Arbutus unedo ‘Rubra’ with fruits. Arbutus unedo ‘Rubra’ Eucommia ulmoides with good autumn colour….