…into jam? Mespilus germanica Mespilus germanica Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ has a single seed pod. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Amazingly Cercis canadensis ‘Flame’ has a crop of flowers. It…

…‘Daybreak Flame’ also well into flower. Loropetalum ‘Daybreak Flame’ Good colour on a Hamamelis by the till. Hamamelis A large dead sweet chestnut felled yesterday at the back of Burncoose…

…a tree I had spotted or marked for felling in my September tree survey. deadish sweet chestnut deadish sweet chestnut Michelia ‘Fairy White’ is laden with buds only three years…

…nursery entrance and it took two days to clear. sweet chestnut tree sweet chestnut tree Meanwhile three cups at the Rosemoor Show and an RHS Award of Merit for Jaimie’s…

…the garden itself at Osborne House. A fine clump of Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ with no cold damage from last winter. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Arisaema going to seed? Arisaema Salvia cacaliifolia…

…‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’. These are both hardy hybrids from crosses with Camellia oleifera. Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ Autumn leaf fall towards the Four-in-Hand….

…overcast day but, as yet, unblemished by wind or frost. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Alongside it Camellia ‘Winton’ is still just in bud despite our…

…colour on the pruned back Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Stachyurus lancifolia has sprung open earlier than usual. Now renamed Stachyurus praecox var. matsuzakii according to Hilliers who say…

…us to cut off the younger shoots from the base of sweet chestnuts to avoid them getting infected with Phytophthora ramorum and eventually infecting the elderly trees. We are compliant!…

…sasanqua ‘Sweet Jane’ – likewise. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sweet Jane’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ – ditto. Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ Prunus maakii ‘Amber Beauty’ – glorious in…

…is now reshooting vigorously especially lower down. large clump of Pieris Several dead new Buddleia species and varieties even after such a mild winter. Several dead new Buddleia species To…

…at the show. Agastache ‘Kudos Coral’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Sweet Annabelle’ has also been bought in as large plants (for £9.95 each) but the flowers are rather a letdown and not…

…The scent of the sweet peas was overpowering. A wonderful crop of flowers despite the dry summer. sweet peas Leslie’s begonias. Leslie’s begonias Leslie’s begonias Buddleia ‘White Profusion’ behind Dicksonia…

…about a new disease in sweet chestnuts. The Forestry Commission overflew Caerhays twice and identified old sweet chestnuts with dead crowns. After a bit we established they were not diseased…

…aurivella) ‘Golden Scalycap’ (Pholiota aurivella) Euonymus morrisonensis with open seed capsules and just the odd orange seed left inside. Euonymus morrisonensis 2021 – CHW Sweet chestnuts covered in fruits but…

…Candy’ is really very good! About three or four years from planting. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ First colour showing on Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ which was decimated by The…

…turning in colour to yellow and its orange new shoots are going from red to orange as they will be soon. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia…

…Camellia ‘Winter’s Interlude’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia ‘Shinonome’ is the first japonica out. Camellia ‘Shinonome’ Camellia sasanqua (cuttings from the 100…

…getting going. Keteleeria davidiana Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ with its fine autumn display. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ The true Photinia villosa (we also saw P. villosa var. coreana two weeks…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Drimys winteri out early. Drimys winteri Camellia trimming above the greenhouse completed. Camellia…