…new growth and (more or less) three lobed leaves. A Cornish record tree. Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum Magnolia x wieseneri beautifully scented and full out today. Magnolia x wieseneri Crataegus…

…flower. I would have thought too tender for Warwickshire. Olearia nummulariifolia Phlox ‘Milly van Hoboken’ – sweetly scented. Phlox ‘Milly van Hoboken’ Phlox ‘Cool of the Evening’ – not so…

…trunks have died and vigorous new suckers have appeared in the border. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ I was right! It is an aristolochia called Aristolochia californica. Aristolochia californica…

…yesterday. Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ is quite variable as to colour and the divisions in the flower. This one is in the…

…Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis…

…more widely grown. Prunus campanulatus ‘Felix Jury’ The first ‘cabbage’ flower out on Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’. The other two plants in the garden are not yet showing colour. Magnolia ‘Felix…

…Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla Styrax japonicus ‘Westpelaar’ fruiting away as a small young plant with its attractive brown leaves. Styrax japonicus ‘Westpelaar’ Ilex ficiodes also has flower buds which are…

…(Magnolia soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii) – Gresham Hybrid Magnolia ‘Crimson Stipple’ Magnolia ‘Crimson Stipple’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ (Magnolia mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ x Magnolia x soulangeana) Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’…

…‘Caerhays’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Caerhays’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ and Camellia ‘Alba Simplex’ above the greenhouse. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ The fourth magnolia to flower here this year…

…thought until fairly recently. Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ c) Styrax hemsleyanus – I had thought that…