…It is, however, fairly unusual to see piles of skeletal leaves surviving un-rotted into March. Here under a Magnolia dawsoniana. skeletal leaves The shrubby and spreading Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ on…

…I have ever seen fan trained on a wall. A Cydonia rather than a Chaenomeles. quince Hedychium thrysiforme in the greenhouse. Needs heat in winter but attractive. Hedychium thrysiforme Osmanthus…

…noticed. First daffodils Plenty of flower buds on Illicium anisatum. Illicium anisatum Huge quinces on another hidden away species of Chaenomeles. quinces Meliosma pungens – a decent young plant. Tom…