…‘Gravetye Giant’ now full out at Tin Garden. This was full out in Cheshire on 11th February. Leujocum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ with flower and leaf in…

…yesterday is exactly the same as our elderly plants above the Crinodendum Hedge. Azalea ‘Azuma Kagami’ Azalea ‘Azuma Kagami’ Azalea ‘Azuma Kagami’ A cut vase of Salix hookeriana inside the…

…‘Seattle Trident’ Salix magnifica also with its first flower here. Salix magnifica At last, the east wind has gone. A session with Asia to pin down the names of the…

…Carpinus orientalis with rather tiny and initially rounded leaves as yet. Carpinus orientalis Salix magnifica living up to its name. Salix magnifica Carpinus henryana flowerless still. Carpinus henryana Aesculus x…

…arrived in Feb 2019. Camellia parvilimba Salix hylematica with its first red seed head or is it a flower? No trace of this species in Hilliers or IDS online. A…

…attractive secondary new growth. It was raised in Belgium in 1979 and this plant was a gift from Mr Vernon of Bluebell Nurseries. Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Salix fargesii is forming…

…The new growth stem and bud colours on Salix fargesii continue to impress. Salix fargesii Secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Apollo’ in Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Our old plant of Gevuina…

…controversa Still catkins on Salix fargesii on secondary or tertiary new growth. Salix fargesii Seed heads far from ripe yet on Magnolia obovata. Magnolia obovata Podocarpus henkelii loaded with unripe…

…up for sowing in the spring. seed Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ (‘Shizuka’) just turning colour. Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’ with autumn tints. Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’ Salix fargesii…

…frost or petal blight and not too many flowers in good order after many gales but look at the shape of the flowers. Camellia ‘Nobilissima’ Camellia ‘Nobilissima’ Salix udensis ‘Golden…

…also said that his Carpinus rankinensis was still in full leaf. So is ours! Carpinus rankinensis Still some leaf on Salix moupinense (but Salix fargesii nearby has none). Beautiful orange-yellow…

…hill in the garden, completely unfrosted. Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ Attractive bark and swelling buds in the sun on Salix fargesii. Salix fargesii We saw Rhododendron…

…In the garden we find two surprises:Salix babylonica ‘Tortuosa’ growing on quite happily in the undergrowth with little wind protection. The contorted stems have combined to form a small tree….

…Flush’ earning its name. Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Flowers on Salix fargesii – first time I have seen this. Salix fargesii Magnolia…

…had one). I will ask. hydrangea hydrangea hydrangea Hydrangea serrata ‘Mount Aso’. The Salix ‘Mount Aso’ flowering here for the first time in March was a good pink but this…

…a greenhouse in Borrowby for the rest of the year. Cyrtanthus elatus Also in The Cottage garden are Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’ and Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ growing side by side. Elaeagnus…

…strange flattening of some of its stems rather like Salix udensis ‘Selika’ or Cryptomeria ‘Sekkan-sugi’. I have never seen this before in a podocarpus and wonder if it is an…

…Green – Leitneria floridana – Salix irrorate – Sapium japonicum – Zelkova serrata Variegata 2023 – CHWAnother interesting old newspaper article from 1871 regarding what we know today as Tregenna…

…side of the drive. Camellia saluenensis I need to do a video of ‘fasciation’ or stem swelling and distorting. Here in Podocarpus acutifolis with fascicles. More commonly seen on Salix…

…plants rare plants Euonymus morrisonensisQuercus rugosa Decaisnea insignis Myrtus paraguayensis Viburnum awabuki Viburnum atrocyanea Plus Thomas Methuen-Campbell gives us from Penrice: Callistrus (a rare conifer) Quercus hypoxantha Salix aff moupinense…