…two original Acer henryi. Acer henryi The castle with some autumn colour behind it on an overcast day. autumn colour You can just make out Liriodendron chinense at 10 o’clock…

…and not worth photographing. A wet and windy week in prospect although there is precious little autumn colour this year even before these forthcoming gales. I have never seen this…

…this is a close second. Vitex agnus castus First flashes of autumn colour on Tilia kiusiana. Tilia kiusiana 2021 – CHW Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ starting its brilliant autumn tints. Euonymus…

…with its peculiar autumn tints. A broken branch has quickly produced new growth. Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Cornus iberica with its blackish-red autumnal show. Cornus iberica…

…this year which is no great surprise after the drought. Can we expect a late autumn flush of new buds? Not by the looks of it. Magnolia delavayi Hoheria sexstylosa…

…plants flowering yesterday. It is quite rare in Cornwall and is one of those plants that is a joy to find.I am fairly certain that I saw this growing on…

…planting area for new planting Work is now one and a half days into clearing the Kitchen Garden for replanting in the autumn with our new collection of flowering malus…

…from the drought. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymans Silver’ Sizygium smithii making good growth too. Planted last autumn. Sizygium smithii First flower on a newly planted Viburnum fansipanense. Viburnum fansipanense We…

…this very early (post drought) autumn.Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ on show beside the till. Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ A tremendous show from the last of the Penstemons. Penstemons Our 30 year old…

…CHW Autumn colour in the nursery.Fothergilla ‘Blue Shadow’ is even better with autumn tints now than in the spring. Fothergilla ‘Blue Shadow’ Fothergilla ‘Blue Shadow’ Hesperantha ‘Oregon Sunset’ cheers one…