21st April
…Orange’. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Juglans cinerea with emerging new growth. Juglans cinerea Acer campestre ‘Elsrick’ with root suckering growth at the base of the tree….
…Orange’. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Juglans cinerea with emerging new growth. Juglans cinerea Acer campestre ‘Elsrick’ with root suckering growth at the base of the tree….
…this far. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Acer palmatum ‘Inazuma’ catches the sun. With us this variety is best in the autumn. Acer palmatum ‘Inazuma’ Cornus kousa…
…growth. Rhodendron sinogrande Virtually leafless Sophora ‘Sun King’. Probably dead. Sophora ‘Sun King’ Sophora ‘Sun King’ Ligustrum confusum has shed nearly all its seed head in the drought. Normally a…
…it on Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Picture’ x Magnolia soulangeana ‘Pickards Sundew’. Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Picture’ x Magnolia soulangeana ‘Pickards Sundew’ A strange leaf structure to the old leaves on Berberis…
…(gift from Penrice Castle) growing well in full sun. Quercus liebmannii Styrax japonicus ‘Evening Light’ full out in front of S. formosanus var. formosanus which has just gone over. Styrax…
…(former gardeners) I find a Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling still full out in the sun which is invisible from the drive below. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ And another elderly clump of…
…Red’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica…
…Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ 2022 – CHW First solitary flower on Camellia ‘Sundae’. None of the other newer varieties on Sinogrande Walk are showing as yet. Camellia ‘Sundae’ Acer…
…some odd reason, there are still some decent ones left today on the very lowest branches. Prunus incisa Leaves just emerging on Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’. We must remember to…
…front door is open and the dogs lie in the sun on the guard barking occasionally as stall holders turn up to collect things from the fete.The ancient dark red…
…Messel’. Sorbus ‘Leonard Messel’ Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ just finishing flowering. Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ 2022 – CHW A press release from the RCM Group attached. Several of…
…no leaves as yet. wisteria Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus…
…and superb. Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ A young Daphniphyllum oldhamii with reddish new growth. Daphniphyllum oldhamii Daphniphyllum oldhamii Rhododendron ‘Harry Tagg’ excellent…
…mainly flowering normally and on time after a very mild winter with magnolias being the aberration. One perhaps uniquely mild winter has to be set in its historical context especially…
…winter dieback. (HWJ 946). Not that happy in too hot a location. Ilex chapaensis Picconia azorica making excellent new growth and now about 5 feet tall. I wonder when it…
…back. Acer calcaratum As you might expect, a newly planted Carya cordiformis has fared rather better. Carya are heat tolerant even in full sun as here. Carya cordiformis Pterostyrax levellei…
…my doubts about Photinia macrophylla being true to name. So far it appears deciduous with small leaves. Photinia macrophylla Magnolia ‘Sunray’ is a fair tree now too. Magnolia ‘Sunray’ Magnolia…
…colour. Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ looking very fine. Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ now…
…be wrong as ‘Snow Flurry’ and ‘Winter’s Snowman’ are very similar and both could be out. Camellia ‘Winters Joy’ (Camellia sasanqua x Camellia oleifera) just coming out. Camellia ‘Winters Joy’…
…year old clump of Rhododendron schlippenbachii in full sun on the drive. 30 year old clump of Rhododendron schlippenbachii in full sun Secondly 15 year old plants in semi shade…