…‘Sunshiny Drops’ putting on a good show. How we were ever meant to get this into flower for the Chelsea Plant of the Year competition in late May I will…

…fraseri var. pyramidata is out already. This species which grew here in three long dead specimens used to flower in the mid/late summer. These were M. fraseri var. fraseri presumably?…

…Fruits on Broussonetia papyrifera. Broussonetia papyrifera A very late flower on Rhododendron stamineum. The big clumps flowered in late May. Rhododendron stamineum Quercus liebmannii with attractive secondary new growth after…

…the Spring Show later next week. Very wet overnight (yet again) and now a cold east wind. Cloudy and not encouraging for visitors.Enkianthus chinensis looks good to go. Three ancient…

…ones over 3 months later. A record? Magnolia campbellii Magnolia x loebneri ‘Lucy Carlson’. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Lucy Carlson’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Lucy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Crescendo’ with very few flowers…

…Park. Matsumae cherries Prunus Matsumae-fuki (‘Chocolate Ice’) – only just out Prunus ‘Horinji’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ Prunus ‘Tai-Haku’ – nearly over Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Matsumae-Beni-Yutaka’ Prunus ‘Hokusai’ Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’)…

…new one to me in full flower is Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’. A bit of yellow at the base and pink veining. Not bad for late April! Magnolia…

…utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ (Wakehurst Chocolate is easier) is another good new birch variety. The bark will become better but it isn’t bad now. Betula utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ Betula…

…of the bunch. Certainly a great contrast between leaf and flower as the name implies. Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’)…

…3 weeks after a long dry spell. 1927 – JCW Only a few Giganteum but they are good. Late rhodo’s remain. Late Plagianthus are hardly open. Griersonianum nice yet and…

…paniculata are covered in flower. Very large shrubs in a clump. Blue berries later. Supposedly a strong scent but not obvious. Then to the late flowering and somewhat insipid coloured…

…Carrieria calycina Carrieria calycina Azalea ‘Gumpo’ nicely out in the garden in full shade. A Nakahari hybrid which flowers very late with a compact habit. Azalea ‘Gumpo’ Azalea ‘Gumpo’ Rhododendron…

…this year. Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ Stewartia pseudocamellia with its first flower showing. Stewartia seem to be late into flower this year and well behind the styrax. Stewartia…

…clearly out for this big event although I am a day or two late myself (M. globosa x M. obovata). Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ First decent flowering on a young Philadelphus…

…try to grow a few of the small trees from cuttings which are easyish to root now but very hard to overwinter. Sadly we are a month too late for…

…flowers which are later into flower than most other species. Enkianthus deflexus Philadelphus sericanthus just out. Philadelphus sericanthus Philadelphus sericanthus 2021 – CHW Still a good late flower or two…

…apple The Cottage in late September. The Cottage Secondary flowers (very poor ones) on Rhododendron ponticum. Nearby we saw Rhododendron ‘Cunningham White’ in full (secondary) flower. This is the pure…

…more mature plants were in full flower today and it was really quite a sight in the late afternoon sun. You may find this list tedious but it is a…

…I was late getting to many of the others but not here. Note the seed pods which still look unripe and un-swollen. Not much here yet for Asia to collect….

…standing at Burncoose. Syringa emodii ‘Aureovariegata’ Still two strangely coloured flowers on Magnolia lilliflora ‘Nigra’. This one often has secondary flowers late into autumn but this is certainly very late!…