…an exceptional year for holly berries in the run up to Christmas but, looking around at the common holly trees which usually perform well, there is not a great deal…

…flopped over or been pushed over into the light by a nearby common holly. Some berries even on this young plant. Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana Sadly this holly got a…

…‘Phelan Bright’ long after the other flowers have dropped. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Flower cones on our Pilgerodendron uviferum spotted for the first time. Pilgerodendron uviferum Rhododendron monstroseanum with its first…

…at their best while the Thalicitum are over. Last year it was the other way around. Lilies superb! lilies Phlox ‘Bright Eyes’ and Crocosmia masonorum. Phlox ‘Bright Eyes’ and Crocosmia…

…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…

…very different autumn colours. One is bright yellow while the smaller ‘runty’ plant has a reddish hue. Unusual or is one dying? Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ 2017 – CHW The clump…

…missing decent autumn colour pictures of Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ on the Burncoose website. Hilliers states ‘striking shades of bright red and orange’. What I am seeing is hardly this…

…‘Wim Rutten’ looks much better today. Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ Another Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ glows against the laurel hedge. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ 2023 – CHW Pouring with rain at Burncoose. Magnolia…

…yearbook 2019 again Pages 62 – 66) as far as I can see EXCEPT that the fruits are bright red and not orange as they should be. Neither appear to…

…darker in colour. Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Showy Lantern’ a wonderful bright red in colour. Silly name perhaps but spectacular against other red forms. Enkianthus campanulatus…