24th March
…Cercis chinensis ‘Arondale’ Cercis chinensis ‘Arondale’ Cercis chinensis ‘Arondale’ Akebia x pentaphylla now full out rather than just in bud as we saw 10 days ago. Akebia x pentaphylla Akebia…
…Cercis chinensis ‘Arondale’ Cercis chinensis ‘Arondale’ Cercis chinensis ‘Arondale’ Akebia x pentaphylla now full out rather than just in bud as we saw 10 days ago. Akebia x pentaphylla Akebia…
…yunnanensis Quercus affinis from Mexico with acorns forming. Quercus affinis Quercus affinis Calycanthus chinensis (formerly Sinocalycanthus chinensis) with its last pink tinged flowers and huge leaves. The buds are rather…
…which are nowhere near red enough to be true and the stamens do not protrude through the bottom of the bells as they should. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis…
…– Viburnum recognitum – Viburnum sieboldii Seneca – Viburnum sympodiale – Viburnum taiwanianum – Viburnum releasee Aesculus chinensis has odd shaped conkers and is fruiting sparsely. Aesculus chinensis Aesculus chinensis…
…tips of last year’s twigs. The few old leaves on the ground do look like Castanopsis. Castanopsis chinensis Castanopsis chinensis Next to it in slightly more wind exposure is Castanopsis…
…Aesculus chinensis Aesculus chinensis Aesculus glabra I think, the red horse chestnut. Aesculus glabra Aesculus glabra Crataegus wattiana is thornless but colourful today. Crataegus wattiana Crataegus wattiana A wild collected…
…Leaf litter everywhere under magnolias in the garden. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Autumn cut back Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ after the drought. One survives and one dead. Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ Rhododendron…
…flower tassels for next spring are already evident. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Rhododendron ‘Chink’, which is supposedly semi-evergreen but seldom really is, has produced a crop of flowers which look…
…will soon snap off in the wind. I have missed the flowers. Manglietia insignis Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ with the seed heads now swelling. Cornus kousa var. chinensis…
…seeds forming. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Hoheria glabrata already with seed heads. Hoheria glabrata We were only saying the other day that we had lost our last Rhododendron rhabdotum. Thankfully…