…dumicola in full flower. Symplocos aff dumicola Eriobotrya deflexa in flower and with fallen red leaves on the ground as the red new growth emerges. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa First…

…me. November usually – October never! A single storm battered flower or, possibly, the passing tarmac machine. Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii Tarmac relaying and potholes all now repaired.…

…japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ at the cash point. Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ A flower just coming out on Magnolia ‘Venus’ in…

…flowers have been battered by the rain. Pseudocydonia sinensis Pseudocydonia sinensis Another ghastly looking big leaf rhododendron on the way out. big leaf rhododendron The Game Larder starts to fill…

…‘April Wine’ Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Acer campbellii subsp. frangipanense (BSWJ 8270) planted in 2010 with wonderful bronzy new growth and flower spikes now showing. Acer campbellii subsp. frangipanense Acer…

…raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Calycanthus floridus Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cornus ‘Venus’ with its numerous gigantic white bracts. [ALONGSIDE] Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ with its starshaped bracts. Cornus ‘Venus’ Cornus kousa…

…of large round red fruits lower down and larger clusters higher up. red fruits red fruits red fruits red fruits Could these all be forms of Malus x floribunda? Very…

…good red hybrid. Rather better than ‘Cornish Red’ and very near the original clump of Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. red hybrid red hybrid A newly planted (today) Podocarpus spinulosus which is…

…‘Skyfall’ The South African Erica cerinthoides is a new website entry shortly. Erica cerinthoides Euonymus grandiflora ‘Ruby Wine’ in flower. Euonymus grandiflora ‘Ruby Wine’ The new defibrillator has now become…

…surprised to find it is Magnolia ‘Red Lion’. Our largest plant on Bond Street was out and over three weeks ago. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ First flowers on another Magnolia lilliiflora…