…very last tiny flower on Maackia chinensis (now M. hupehensis). The rest are over with seeds forming. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Hoheria glabrata already with seed heads. Hoheria glabrata We…

…garden. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Autumn cut back Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ after the drought. One survives and one dead. Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ One of the original Magnolia…

…boldus just into flower. A small tree now. Peumus boldus Peumus boldus Peumus boldus Rhus chinensis just coming into flower. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Ilex cornuta (BSWJ1118) has much more…

…rounded red fruits. No sign of a squirrel attack which shows that the trapping is working. Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Secondary flowers…

…one large Cornus capitata tree. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ 2018 – CHW Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ displaying its superb autumn colour on a…

…full flower – no great show. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis 2020 – CHW A few secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Randy’. Magnolia ‘Randy’ A solitary self-seeded Gunnera in Old Park Wood…

…glabra despite the gales last Sunday. Aesculus glabra Rhus chinensis (if that is what it is) with interesting bark and unwelcome squirrel damage. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Quercus palustris colouring…

…the first time as far as I am aware. Yellowish-white in terminal panicles. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Lindera lancea with excellent autumn colour. Lindera lancea Lindera lancea Callicarpa shirasawana with…

…goodish autumn colour still remains here and there. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis 2021 – CHW Something strange has happened to Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’. This is a peculiar late flowering magnolia…

…has split out earlier on one side but now the whole tree has collapsed. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Eucryphia milliganii is not looking well and we need to restart with…

…before. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ The best autumn colour in the garden today is the old group of Enkianthus chinensis outside the front gates. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Ginkgo biloba still…

…here than Stachyurus praecox. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis A good show on the clump of Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ in Roger’s Quarry. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Secondary new growth emerging post drought…

…usual you can see that the 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…

…yunnanensis Stachyurus chinensis looking quite splendid (deciduous). Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus lancifolius also nicely in flower (deciduous). Stachyurus lancifolius Stachyurus lancifolius Another Stachyurus yunnanensis or perhaps Stachyurus sigeyosii? No…

…fresh roe deer damage to the main stem of an Enkianthus chinensis. It will die! Enkianthus chinensis More flowers out now on the pale Magnolia campbellii. Magnolia campbellii Camellia x…

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ The split out Maackia chinensis has been cleared up. split out Maackia chinensis The Maackia had hit the Eriobotrya deflexa which…

…angustifolia ‘Rubra’ Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ in flower rather unexpectedly early. Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ As usual Pseudocydonia sinensis with extremely early new growth. Pseudocydonia sinensis The Pittosporum and Ceanothus beds well…

…Jury’ Helwingia chinensis is a suckering, spreading shrub so we have put another beside the existing one. Note how much bigger the leaves are on the plant from the frames….

…You wait years for these young Rhododendron sinogrande to actually flower and, as here, they disappoint. Rhododendron sinogrande Stachyurus chinensis on the Main Ride is also 80% dead but this…

…Belle’ Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ just coming out in the Isla Rose. Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Eight years from planting the Isla Rose Plantation and the magnolias are starting to make a…