…Park Wood are flowering well. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii 2015 – CHW Tents on the lawn, tents below the lawn, hustle and bustle from all our staff and helpers. Charity…

…Aesculus californica Aesculus californica Acer morifolium reshooting vigorously. Acer morifolium Carpinus caroliniana with fruits. Carpinus caroliniana The white Tamarix just out. The white Tamarix Carpinus rankanensis with fruits. Carpinus rankanensis…

…Aesculus wangii. No wonder it grows so quickly. Aesculus wangii Magnolia denudata with its full autumn colour about to drop but which survived the gales. Magnolia denudata Magnolia denudata Surprisingly…

…dead Aesculus hippocastanum at the end of Sinogrande Walk. It, and its already dead colleague, took the initial hit when in leaf in March 2018 and the Beast arrived. dead…

…and tied into place. Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ dropping its many flowers into the pond. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ Aesculus turbiniata appears to be dying. This was once a…

…on Aesculus wilsonii. Aesculus wilsonii Cotoneaster ‘Blaze’ with nearly ripe berries. Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Cotoneaster gonggashanensis with large striking red berries. Cotoneaster gonggashanensis Cotoneaster erratus with more berries than…

…same time. None of the other 15 or so new species have any obvious berries as yet but none have died. Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii laden with conkers…

…of the tree. Schima khasiana Aesculus parviflora is showing early autumn colour and the conkers which we saw earlier have either dropped or been collected already by Asia. Aesculus parviflora…

…to turn. Acer japonicum Acer takesimense just starting. Acer takesimense Aesculus chinensis is briefly rather good. Aesculus chinensis 2023 – CHW A garden tour with Peter Mills.Seed heads on Viburnum…

…Euonymus planipes Aesculus flava’s autumn performance. Aesculus flava Chitalpa tashkentensis still full of flower. Chitalpa tashkentensis Franklinia alatamaha with bud and flower. Franklinia alatamaha Franklinia alatamaha Lithocarpus lepidocarpus with bronzy…

…Cercis siliquastrum. Cercis siliquastrum Autumn colours on Aesculus chinensis which have yet to blow away. Aesculus chinensis A real surprise! A flower out already on Camellia ‘Takanini’. Always early into…

…now suspect) a week or two ago. Here is another plant. Ternstroemia aff. luteofolium Ternstroemia aff. luteofolium One nights frost but Aesculus wangii still has most of its leaves. Aesculus…

…looking for colour in mid November.Aesculus wangii is only just shedding its leaves after a good first growing season. We have tried this £80 plus plant three times already but…

…any of the Enkianthus this year. Enkianthus cernuus rubens Fruit forming on Malus x prattii below Kennel Close. Not yet ripe. Malus x prattii Autumn colour on Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’….

…out, high up, on Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Not many fruits on Sorbus eleonorae this year. They do not ripen until February. Aesculus wangii still in very full…

…japonicus ‘Pendulus’ Aesculus wangii still in full leaf. The one in Kennel Close, which is more exposed, has dropped. Aesculus wangii A fine show of Camellia x williamsii ‘JC Williams’…

…‘Takanini’ Rare to find a swelling seed head on a Magnolia grandiflora variety. Magnolia grandiflora variety Still half decent flowers on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Another Aesculus wangii…

…Aesculus wangii turning colour quickly now. Aesculus wangii Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ coming out fast by Tin…

…Chinese authors) book on Camellia species. Is Camellia gigantocarpa this variable in its leaf form. Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Finally the leaves on another Aesculus wangii…

…leaf on Aesculus wangii. Aesculus wangii Premature flowers on one of Dad’s Azalea hybrids. Premature flowers on one of Dad’s Azalea hybrids Polyspora longicarpa looking very fine. Polyspora longicarpa Camellia…