…‘Lanarth’ with attractive reddish-brown tints. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ The first solitary and slug eaten flower on Camellia ‘Sode-goshuki’ (syn. ‘Gauntlettii’) by the front door. Camellia ‘Sode-goshuki’ 2020 – CHW A…

…growth here and there on Persea thunbergii. Persea thunbergii Not too many fruits this year on the shrubby Sorbus eleonorae. They do not turn brownish and ripe for several months…

…rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Sorbus japonica covered in berries. When you look at them you could be forgiven for thinking that they were malus berries! Red fruits with brown…

…‘Elsie Frye’ Rhododendron ‘Elsie Frye’ Secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’. Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’ I have missed the first two flowers ever on Schima argentea. One is nearly brown. I…

…time ever seen here. Illicium philippinense Acer sterculaceum subsp. franchettii turning colour but only to brown! Acer sterculaceum subsp. franchettii Acer sterculaceum subsp. franchettii Photinia niitakayamensis with fruits and a…

…weather. Hawthorn Hawthorn We saw brilliant brown autumn leaf colour in the nursery on Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’. At The Cottage it is just starting and nowhere near as advanced. There…

…enjoyed the Alan Titchmarsh programme on Belvoir Castle last Thursday outlining the Duchess of Rutland’s attempts to recreate the 200 plus year old Capability Brown landscape which never got beyond…

…off easily but it was starting to brown off. It would appear to contain some seed for Asia to try to grow. Magnolia tamaulipana Wonderful new growth on one of…

…the Mag delavayi flowers two days ago, the first autumn cherry open about a week. One flower on Maddeni on the brown gate. 1917 – JCW C sasanqua is fairly…

…buds cut except single Camellias. Hamamelis still good – first Sutchuenense hybrid and Moupinense just out. First yellow incomp out. Lapagerias hanging brown on plants. All Rho mucronulatum cut but…

…we will have to wait and see since the Common Puffball turns brown while the Pestle Puffball ‘explodes’ in maturity. Lycoperdon perlatum Leaf blowing and clearance at the sides of…

…on Rhododendron barbatum. Very early as usual.And wonderful peeling bark too. When the peeling has finished it leaves a very smooth trunk as you can see. Greyish brown but a…

…a hint of pink in the flowers but the orangy-brown indumentum under the leaves is identical. You do have to loop up as you walk underneath! Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum…

…editor of the Western Morning News have a wry chuckle. 2015 – CHW CAMELLIA ‘Lulu Belle’ CAMELLIA ‘Pink Icicle’ CAMELLIA ‘Mary Costa’ Browned ‘Mary Costa’ Too overcast really for photography…

…encourage germination by these tiny seeds which come like dust in profusion from the seed pods collected when brown and opening last autumn. They have been kept in dry but…

…another Prunus ‘Okame’ with just the early flowers browned off. Prunus ‘Okame’ Prunus ‘Okame’ Is the supposedly evergreen Carpinus Kawakamii really dead?! Don’t think so as the stems are still…

…probably females. The males produce olive brown plum fruits which ripen in the second year. Actually the second smaller plant had far less flower so it might be a male?…

…time this year. The lake a dark silty brown where the river has flowed in as it is not supposed to do. North east wind but mild and the magnolias…

…berries turning brown and dropping already. Cotoneaster soongoricus 2020 – CHW The peculiar and decidedly nasty climber from New Zealand, Rubus squarrosus, has found a home in a shady corner…

…– FJW A very mild wet January – saluenensis and williamsii well out. 1934 – JCW No Daffs a late year, Coums open. R praecox by the brown gate is…