…Rhododendrons grow poorly in pots and are often too small to go straight into the garden from pots. Hence the need to grow them on. young pot grown rhododendrons young…

…yet in flower?A young Carpinus rankanensis with coppery young leaves. The wonderful mature plant we saw last Sunday at Wakehurst had male and female flowers but the emerging leaves were…

…weeping tree in maturity. This one is 33 years old. Maytenus boaria Another Schefflera delavayi with impressive new growth spikes. Schefflera delavayi Good young Rhododendron arizelum at the top of…

…to the leaves. This was a gift from Tom Hudson planted with plenty of dung which may flower soon. A young plant A young plant The Magnolia delavayi have all…

…garden.The young rhododendrons in the frames are looking good. young rhododendrons young rhododendrons Eucryphia lucida above the greenhouse. Late into full flower after the odd flower over the last month….

…lower branches. younger Magnolia ‘J C Williams’ A young Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ is coming out. Very similar to Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ I think. Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Another…

…a young Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei near Tin Garden. Some slug damage. Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei Viburnum wrightii just coming. Viburnum wrightii A young Illicium merrillianum (KWJ 12113) with a…

…young plant of Dad’s Rhododendron ‘Treberrick’. Rhododendron ‘Treberrick’ A young replacement Acer caudatifolium (A. kawakamii) for the mature trees which have died recently in the Aucklandii Garden and on the…

…beech with lots of old squirrel damage but I find a young ash badly infected with ash dieback and half dead. All the ash will have to go in the…

…one. Looking at these two young plants with, as yet, unstraightened stems which are heavily staked one can clearly see why the problem arises. young plants young plants young plants…

…Magnolia ‘Susanna Van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Susanna Van Veen’ 2021 – CHW More uplifting work on young magnolias and other young trees in Kennel Close. uplifting work Suddenly more seedpods on…

…Stewartia sinensis A young Stewartia monodelpha has rather nice autumn tints. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Another young Stewartia sinensis has some decent autumn colour still in place. Another young Stewartia…

…excessive flowering. Rhododendron auriculatum A young Euonymus tingens with its purple speckled flowers. This becomes a tree but our original introduction has few flowers in its old age. Euonymus tingens…

…‘Kalleberg’ Another young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with just one decent flower in the sun. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ At last a decent young Rhododendron moorii unlike the battered one a few…

…out next year. Rhododendron ‘Crest’ Seed grown (by us) Staphylea colchica – 2 young plants in the Rookery. Staphylea colchica Gamblea psedudoevodifolia making headway at last. Gamblea psedudoevodifolia Attractive new…

…Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ Vivid red new growth on Machilus yunnanensis. Machilus yunnanensis Distylium racemosum A young Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae (BKR 2013001 – Raf Lenaerts gift – February 2020) with…

…of our 5 young plants. Rhododendron giganteum Rhododendron giganteum Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer ‘Solstice’ has flowers which open out flat. This puts it a cut above other named forms. Magnolia laevifolia…

…over on a young Camellia transnokoensis. Camellia transnokoensis A gift from Margaret Miles of an unknown species of Eriobotrya collected originally in North Vietnam. Fully evergreen but not very like…

…flower on Syringa reticulata. Four months later than its first and normal flowering. Syringa reticulata Young rhododendrons from the greenhouse now out in Higher Quarry Nursery beds. Young rhododendrons Hydrangea…

…young Saler bulls. Young Saler bull Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ full out and excellent today. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ 2019 – CHW Old Park was well…