…here and one self-sown younger version. I have pictured fallen twigs from both trees. The twig from the veteran is from the crown and has huge leaves while the twig…

…The mess and crown will have to wait a few days to sort out. turkey oak turkey oak turkey oak turkey oak turkey oak Frankie has moved on to widen…

…Niner’ a week on with a few flowers fully out. Todd Gresham’s 49th cross made in 1964 in California ((M. x soulangeana ‘Rouged Alabaster) x M. ‘Royal Crown’). The parentage…

…send the sap back up to the crown of the tree. Sorbus ullungdoensis Sorbus ullungdoensis Sorbus ullungdoensis We saw Callicarpa shirasawana looking tremendous with some leaf a fortnight ago. It…

…insignis on the trip. The smaller michelia have dead buds but now new growth is thankfully starting. Lindera megaphylla, although leafless, is shooting all over the crown. Rhododendron stenaulum will…

…the Crown Estate. Note how different it is to our plant as above. Rhododendron kesangiae Rhododendron kesangiae Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ on the show bench. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Out in the…

…week ago. Crown Estates won the three main challenge cups and deservedly so. We can only have been the odd point away from the magnolia cup. If only our Magnolia…

…loss in the crown at all. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa The Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ has thrown up two flower spikes on virtually (now) leafless stems of 8-10ft. We saw a…

…this tree properly and it doesn’t help that the area below the crown on the ground is think rhododendron. 2018 – CHW The weekend gales did not actually cause that…

…other than the bud, in contrast to the one in full sun further up the drive. Even a long tailed tits nest in the crown of the weeping tree! Styrax…