…are finally rotting away. quinces Many of the red berries on Ilex kingiana have blown off in the wind. Ilex kingiana Colour showing on Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’. The only magnolia…

…things which have come out while I have been away. These pictures do not do them justice. Michelia martinii – over the last four years the odd few single flowers…

…along the way are not bad either. An intricate mix. Quercus liaotungensis Quercus liaotungensis Asterotrichon discolor was full out today (as it was last November). Another odd autumn flowerer. Asterotrichon…

…Asia and potted up in the greenhouse. It is flowering away well and soon the seeds will emerge on contorted ‘springs’ which is the cyclamen way of spreading its offspring….

…briefing) and would have happened more quickly but for lockdown.If the NHS had not chucked thousands of elderly, dementia etc patients out of hospital into care homes (to make way…

…by quite some way. What a display here when you get up in under the tree. Styrax japonicus ‘Sohuksan’ Styrax japonicus ‘Sohuksan’ A young Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei flowering extremely…

…of Norway’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Pride of Norway’ Squirrel damage on another Magnolia sieboldii growing very nearby. Think how much worse this problem would be without ‘tree rat’ control? Magnolia sieboldii…

…– CHW Asia has started layering our rarer lapagerias in the greenhouse. This seems to be the only way of propagating these plants successfully. lapagerias James Williams from Tregullow sends…

…Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ The blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) is a joy in all the hedgerows around and about. Prunus spinosa Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ is a Gresham Hybrid. The way the buds and…

…but not yet ripe. Aristolochia sempervirens A really good Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ hidden away. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Euonymus wilsonii setting seed. Euonymus wilsonii Asimina triloba with only a few small…