26th September

…‘Golden Hornet’ Malus ‘Neville Copeman’. Malus ‘Neville Copeman’ Malus ‘Neville Copeman’ Malus hupehensis. Malus hupehensis 2022 – CHW A pole cat caught in one of our squirrel traps in Old…

17th August

…spray off the Castle Drive. Echium seedlings Echium seedlings My magnolia hybrids from 2017 coming on nicely. magnolia hybrids Malus hupehensis has a nice crop in the Isla Rose Plantation…

15th January

…japonica Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Sorbus hupehensis likewise. Sorbus hupehensis Salix fargesii. Last year’s new growth is red, two year old growth has green bark that eventually becomes woody. A…

8th June

…Carrierea calycina Carrierea calycina Flowers on a young Sorbus hupehensis. Sorbus hupehensis Pterocarya rhederiana ‘Fern Leaf’ with its genuinely extraordinary foliage. This young plant has much better foliage than the…

23rd July

…of 220 photographs the following were exceptional today:Hypericum forrestii Hypericum forrestii Mahonia haematocarpa Mahonia haematocarpa Seed on Vallea stipularis. Vallea stipularis Maakia hupehensis (chinensis) Maakia hupehensis (chinensis) Carpinus fangiana with…

27th August

…Sorbus hupehensis already in August. Sorbus hupehensis Parrotia persica already showing wonderful autumn tints. Parrotia persica A good batch of seed grown Embothrium lanceolatum coming on in the mist houses….

5th November

…ancient Camellia sasanqua (white form) out together again! Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua Forsythia turning yellow then red by the gents loos. Forsythia Sorbus hupehensis (now Sorbus pseudohupehensis) with…

9th August

…damage! Kirengeshoma palmata Kirengeshoma palmata Anemone hupehensis ‘September Charm’ at the entrance. Anemone hupehensis ‘September Charm’ 2020 – CHW Another flower on the rather different Magnolia delavayi (we think) from…

10th November

…Prunus rufa in the Isla Rose with good peeling bark already. Prunus rufa Prunus rufa Malus hupehensis with ripe fruits later in this year than last. A 5 year old…

24th October

…plans c.2000 – 2010). Viburnum species A 2017 planted Malus hupehensis with its fruits now completely red. Unlike those we saw in Old Park last week. Malus hupehensis Malus ‘Comtesse…