6th January

…Salvia confertiflora Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty’ looking spectacular. As good as ‘Winter Fire’? Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Camellia ‘Jingle Bells’ Camellia ‘Jingle…

8th February

…mice. Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium The bark on the trunk of Stewartia sinensis is identical to ours at this time of the year with peeling more…

22nd September

…Berberis hypokerina Buddleja tibetica Cotoneaster affinis Euonymus wilsonii Frangula alnus ‘Aspleniifolia’ Pomaderris elliptica Viburnum fordiae Viburnum phlebotrichum Viburnum taiwanianum Viburnum wilsoniiTom gave us a Deutzia longifolia.The pile of plants to…

14th July

…years. The other added in the spring. Halleria lucida Halleria lucida Viburnum taiwanianum with its first rather impressive flower. A species well worth growing. Viburnum taiwanianum Viburnum taiwanianum Huodendron tibeticum…

24th May

Viburnum prunifolium in flower. Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum prunifolium Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ in full flower. Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ Rhododendron yakusimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ performing well. Rhododendron yakusimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ Rhododendron yakusimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ Rhododendron…

10th March

…omeiensis Aucuba omeiensis Aucuba omeiensis Roy also found Viburnum triphyllum (BSWJ 10757) growing near Tin Garden. It is an evergreen and, very unusually for a Viburnum, a native of Columbia…

24th April

…and flower forming. Sorbus scalaris Sorbus scalaris Viburnum cylindricum with many berries still from last autumn. Not a species we grow but quite similar to Viburnum cinnamomifolium and Viburnum odoratissiumum…

8th October

…a young Viburnum setigerum which was a Wilson introduction. The berries go from yellow-orange to red when ripe. Viburnum setigerum Viburnum setigerum The third elderly Camellia sasanqua, a white one,…

11th April

…var. ardisifolia Photinia serratifolia var. ardisifolia First flowering of Viburnum ichangense (we have a Rubus species with the same name). Viburnum ichangense Attractive purple new leaves on Viburnum sympodiale (ex…

12th June

…gift from Martin Rix and Peter Moore. Deutzia calycosa Deutzia calycosa Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose and Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’. Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose Viburnum wrightii. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum betulifolium ‘Hohuanshan’…