…CHW This has been a growing year at The Cottage with little hedgerow fruit forming unlike last year’s hot summer here when there was an abundance. This has been a…

…with no seed heads despite it flowering well in the summer. Ligustrum strongylophyllum Ilex perado subsp. azorica (BSWJ 12526) – a female form with its first berries and some secondary…

…better than on any other Stewartia. Stewartia x henryae The Styrax officinalis which I could not find in the summer still in full leaf and with lots of secondary new…

…out Rhododendron crassum with its leaves curled up as they were in the summer drought. Now its overly wet and blown about so feeling sorry for itself. Rhododendron crassum Camellia…

…(laevifolia x maudiae) – Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Vairano’ (Marc) – Magnolia ‘Insubria’ (‘Atlas’ x ‘Star Wars’ 2) – Magnolia ‘Apollo’ x ‘Picard’s Ruby’ (WH) (Summer Lady) – Magnolia ‘Summer…

…now that the schools are shut, summer work on school premises may well be brought forward. A meeting with the county council education department on Monday. KPK KPK 2019 –…

…about its parentage. Mahonia fortunei ‘Winter Prince’ Young plants of Mallotus japonicus have positively enjoyed the drought and grown on well this summer. Proper flowering this year. I have admired…

…Secondary flowers on Viburnum rhytidophyllum which I had not expected after such a heavy crop of flowers in the summer. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Rhododendron ‘Bowjingles’ flowering in a nursery bed. A…

…Drought last summer I fear as the COD. As we know there is still much confusion in the naming of Polyspora species. Polyspora axialis Polyspora speciosa (WWJ 11934) next door…

…from the trunk after the wet summer. So hard to get this tender species established except in total wind shelter on all sides. Magnolia nitida Magnolia nitida Seed heads swelling…

…and smelling delicious. Only its second year of flowering. The flowers here are much larger than on the 25 year old original tree. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia…

…wrong to say a month ago that the summer drought risk had passed. No rain for three weeks and several young hydrangeas, rhododendrons and azaleas now dead. Rain perhaps on…

…M. ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x M. ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’. 2022 planted. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ 2024 – CHW The review of younger newer magnolias continues (now in Area…

…× persicoides ‘Spring Glow’. Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia just…

…below M. ‘Lanarth Surprise’ Finally dry enough to place out the large rhododendrons from 2 nursery beds into the large area cleared of camellia foliage plants last summer. The largest…

…will not be rushing! Prunus serrula Prunus serrula A 30 year old clump of Picea omorika. Picea omorika The summer house surrounded by young Japanese acers. The Summer House Picea…

…buds in Kennel Close turns out to be Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Label has vanished. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Aesculus woerlitzensis is nicely in flower. I do not think…

…plan obscure but it looks starlike!). Attractive the way the bracts twirl about. Cornus kousa ‘Summer Stars’ Cornus kousa ‘Summer Stars’ Azalea ‘Moidart’ is a gentle colour growing in the…

…Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Philadelphus satsumi just out. Philadelphus satsumi Philadelphus satsumi Still good flowers on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Azalea flowers burnt off prematurely in the heat…

…fraseri The largest Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ in flower at 30ft+. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Rehderodendron kweichowense (WWJ 12019) flowering for the second time ever and rather more profusely….