…compared to normal years. Leaf drop of old leaves is normally in May. late summer leaf drop Just a few solitary seed pod with only a couple of seeds in…

…to try to register this year with the International Camellia Society. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Lead drop on Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ which is both normal and attractive today. Unusual…

…in the garden. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ about to drop its petals with the leaf showing. The colour has faded but the flowers…

…garden and in Marie’s House Garden across the road. Sambucus racemosa ‘Lemony Lace’ – a new Sambucus which Burncoose needs to stock. Sambucus racemosa ‘Lemony Lace’ Sambucus racemosa ‘Lemony Lace’…

…Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ has even darker leaves at they prepare to drop. Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ Photinia villosa var. coreana is a good mix of colours. Photinia villosa…

…to 30 years ago.Some cones are ripe and dropping while others are still hard and maturing having only formed last summer. Cedrus libani Cedrus libani Have a look at these…

…Cart Road to complete our review of Torreya seeding for the year. Torreya taxifolia seeds Torreya taxifolia seeds Premature leaf drop on a magnolia outside the Back Yard. leaf drop…

…well from last year’s crop. Magnolia sapaensis Horrible leaf drop under rhododendron suoilenhense! Fear for this clumps survival. leaf drop Schefflera delavayi with several huge flower heads not yet out…

…Cotoneaster Hillieri now fully ripe and dropping fast. Cotoneaster Hillieri Jaimie has found four ripe and fully developed acorns below the original Lithocarpus cleistocarpa. We have found seed clusters on…

…December. Fagus longipetiolata Sorbus hedlundii with ripe seed now ready to drop. Sorbus hedlundii 2022 – CHW The very last two flowers on the ancient white and pink Camellia sasanqua’s…

…unnamed Camellia x williamsii. Neolitsea aff. polycarpa Rehderodendron kwangtungense (WWJ 11940) appears to be evergreen? No hint of leaf colour turning yet or leaf drop. Rehderodendron kwangtungense Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…

…just colouring up. The Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ opposite the Gingko is full of colour. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ First flowers on Rhododendron mucronulatum as the last leaves drop. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron…

…rather good Camellia saluenensis above Crinodendron Hedge. Camellia saluenensis Hibbertia aspera with a single, rogue, out of season flower. Why? Hibbertia aspera Overnight a big leaf drop on the two…

…with its first flowers in the Rockery. Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ The first snowdrop flower partly eaten by a pheasant or a mouse? Ten days early perhaps. snowdrop flower A primrose…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 25th January 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Schefflera delavayi has dropped all its…

…sun. rhodo cross and the magnolia Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ on the lawn is just shedding its secondary bud covers as you can see. The primary bud covers will drop away…

…the lawn just starting to drop. It is noticeable how some blown open flowers are paler while others, more sheltered by the yew tree, are much darker and more as…

…trees were the worst sufferers. This time it is the mature sycamores which have the worst premature leaf drop. We have been seeing elderly sycamores dying of old age in…

…manicata beds are suffering here and there. Gunnera manicata Dieback, leaf drop, and death in young magnolias. The plants put in this spring in sunny spots are all nearly dead…

…weeks later than the norm. Stewartia pteropetiolata Leaf drop under Rhododendron falconeri as the flowering finishes. Leaf drop under Rhododendron falconeri Another story for Kate. This is the tree fern…