…look like honey fungus. It was just starting to flower well. Lindera triloba Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’ is nicely out but only just two years from planting. Camellia champetre ‘Fairy…

…gigantic Freylinia lanceolata, honey bells – here its woody trunk which we have never seen on our stock plant at Burncoose by the mist houses where it is a shrub…

…the Auklandii Garden and ripe seed pods. Enkianthus cernuus rubens Enkianthus cernuus rubens 2018 – CHW A rather morbid day!The honey fungus Magnolia sieboldii casualty has been cut down ready…

…and remain in situ to rot away. There will be honey fungus in the area so we have not planted many rhododendrons. Some lilacs, Philadelphus and Deutzia to give summer…

…more unusual pink form of Rhododendron (Azalea) viscosum – swamp honey-suckle – in Old Park. One of the clump is a pure white form. This species hides its flowers a…

…have all now shed on Schefflera delavayi. I hope we remembered to gather some? Schefflera delavayi Rather more worrying is rot (looks like honey fungus) at the base of our…

…CHW A time of the year when deads show up – casualties of old age and drought or honey fungus. The very rare Rhododendron monosematum with its very hairy stems…

…heat and are ready for a photograph or two. Rubus phoenicolasius Rubus phoenicolasius Honey fungus strikes quickly. This young Hydrangea aspera villosa is near an old felled Prunus insignis and…

…of drought or honey fungus. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Euphorbia stygiana ‘Santamaria’ has been over pruned for cuttings but here some seed pods. The result of too much lopping is…

…are still evident. No rot at the base but perhaps a forthcoming honey fungus casualty? Neolitsea sericea Neolitsea sericea Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ a bit frosted but plenty of buds to…