…with berry and flower together. Sarcococca ruscifolia Then on to the greenhouses which are remarkably tidy for the time of year with lots of recent potting on in readiness for…

…red yew-like berry. This is Podocarpus ‘Young Rusty’ and there were only about five podocarp fruits on the whole bush. Where I have found these fruits on other podocarpus varieties…

…covered in berry and a good orange which will probably get redder yet. Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster parneyi was also a gift from Fromefield. Oddly coloured berries in a…

…early March.After much head scratching I now have a book on cotoneaster species. This ancient plant has the odd berry remaining and large white flowers on last year’s stems of…

…stems. Sorbus ullungdoensis A young Carpinus polyneura with a bit of good yellow colouring but mostly blown away. Carpinus polyneura Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Camelliifolia’ now in full berry and rather…

…yellow berry despite the time of the year. The best show of this I have ever seen. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Schefflera frangipanensis seedlings from various Vietnamese collecting…

…berry already. Sorbus gongashanica Very few fruits on Crataegus schraderiana this year unlike last. Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus wattiana with fruits turning colour already. Crataegus wattiana Crataegus aprica still has green…