5th October

…usual. Crataegus combyi Crataegus combyi Crataegus pontica also with fruits for the first time here. Crataegus pontica Crataegus pontica Sorbus wardii with small clusters of 2-5 yellow/ orange fruits. Sorbus…

15th July

…late warm summer.By coincidence Michael sent me pictures of E. japonica fruiting in his garden at Caerhays as well today. The pictures show shrivelled fruits as well so I guess…

23rd October

…Lenaerts in 2020) Carya ovata (I believe) with a ripe fruit and good autumn colour. Carya ovata Carya ovata Syringa emodi ‘Aureovariegata’ has suddenly died and needs digging out to…

14th June

…40 years.Quite a long (and boring) list but perhaps a useful guide for the future as most of them are still too young to produce the fruiting catkins which are…

25th September

…Spire’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ with branches laden down with fruit. As you can see the fruits are rose-coloured at first then changing to white with a pink flush. Very garden…

1st December

…‘Sun King’ A newly planted Viburnum foetidum var. rectangulatum with good colour and its first fruits. Viburnum foetidum var. rectangulatum Viburnum foetidum var. rectangulatum Fagus longipetiolata still in leaf in…

13th December

…Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus baccata with many small red fruits. Malus baccata The wind has blown the bark off an oak tree which snapped off…

1st November

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ 2022 – CHW Cornus capitata with ripe fruits, flies and wasps galore. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ now full out. Camellia sasanqua…

24th October

…species A 2017 planted Malus hupehensis with its fruits now completely red. Unlike those we saw in Old Park last week. Malus hupehensis Malus ‘Comtesse de Paris’ with its fruits…

21st October

…yellow show on Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’. Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ The huge fruits on Crataegus mexicana f. stipulacea are now ripe. Crataegus mexicana f. stipulacea Crataegus mexicana f. stipulacea The bark…

29th March

…rapidly developing into a tree. Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Silverana’ Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ grows in an odd way and clearly only a small shrub. Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ First flower out this year…

20th July

…new growth. Erethia thyrsiflora Erethia thyrsiflora Catalpa sechuanensis also with dark secondary new growth. Catalpa sechuanensis Seed heads forming on Paulownia kawakamii. Paulownia kawakamii Sorbus gongashica with odd shaped fruits….

29th November

…x virgata with orange ripe fruits (yellow before that). Corokia x virgata Corokia x virgata Corokia x virgata ‘Sunsplash’ with red fruits. Corokia x virgata ‘Sunsplash’ Corokia x virgata ‘Sunsplash’…

11th November

…of fallen leaves under Euonymus alatus and a few still holding on. Euonymus alatus Euonymus alatus Fruits on Berberis wilsonae. Berberis wilsonae Rhododendron calophylum and Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’. Rhododendron calophylum…

12th July

fruit Staphylea holocarpa with seeds Staphylea holocarpa with seeds Bupleurum fruiticosum just coming out. A really good coastal plant. Bupleurum fruiticosum Bupleurum fruiticosum Sciadopitys verticellata with cone First time I…

10th October

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Crataegus aprica still in full leaf with, as yet, unripe fruits. Crataegus aprica…

12th October

…and a pleasant autumn surprise. 2015 – CHW Some fruit and nice autumn colour on Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’. The fruiting is irregular and confined to a few…

30th July

…Gaultheria wardii Gaultheria wardii Cephalotaxus fortunei with ripening fruit which we have grown successfully in previous years. We only have one female small tree which was planted in 2009 along…

3rd October

…3143) Cotoneaster hualiensis (BSWJ 3143) Idesia polycarpa loaded with fruit. I have never seen this before on this tree. Our other older trees in the garden do not fruit and…

9th August

…Magnolia kobus Fruits forming on Malus ‘Jelly King’ but nothing like the crop last year. Malus ‘Jelly King’ An excellent show on Crinum powellii with Brock deciding if he wants…