…best. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ So little time to appreciate this amazing magnolia year. Dear Monica Trudgeon’s funeral was well attended at the church and then at The Vean. Despite it…

…little plant! Osteomeles subrotunda Osteomeles subrotunda Lithocarpus dealbatus with its early new growth frosted or wind scorched away. Hopefully it will develop more. Lithocarpus dealbatus Lithocarpus dealbatus Quercus liebmannii with…

…Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron concinnum – great purple but the flowers have a more open form than the Burncoose plant by the pond and…

…is that this plant flowers properly in full sun and does very little in full shade. Asia needs to propagate as its really rather a good thing in late May….

…formosanus var. hayatiana Also on Styrax wuyuanensis. Styrax wuyuanensis 2020 – CHW Rhododendron auriculatum just out but very few flowers after two dry summers and little new growth. Rhododendron auriculatum…

…out in flower and these pictures will nearly fill the missing website slots. What a peculiar little hydrangea-like thing it is with what looks like separate male and female flowers….

…seemannii Hydrangea seemannii Store cattle have grazed off the castle front in only a week and little grass left. Clearly a lot of cow shit on the drive but I…

…not much in the trade now but good. Hydrangea ‘Selina’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ which can be red or purple or a little of both over time. Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ Hydrangea…

…plants I saw at High Beeches in Sussex last spring (and previously) were outstanding but D. cercidifolius has little to recommend its flowers. I suppose that it is, however, a…

…globosa Most of the later flowering scented rhododendrons have jettisoned their seed heads in the heat. These were green only a week ago. There will be little later flowering rhododendrons…

…frames. Fuschia ‘Blacky’ First flowers out on Camellia x williamsii ‘Gwavas’ in the Aucklandii Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘Gwavas’ A good looking aerial layer with a little grass growing from…

…Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ The quince is covered in fruits. The dogs bring one home. quince Just a little autumn colour on the Acer griseum. Acer griseum Acer…

…Enkianthus serrulatus with its vibrant autumn colours. This was a gifted layer from the Tregrehan plant. Enkianthus serrulatus Acer forrestii has little notable autumn colour here. Rather drab. Acer forrestii…

…bretschneideri but Hillier’s recently disputed this and said it was C. controversa when we supplied them with another self-sown seedling. I remain a little unconvinced. All blown away now anyway….

…at all in the four chambers and a few had just one. All that effort by the bush with little end result. Very unusual though and quite pretty. camellia seeds…

…much more open rounded flower habit and smaller than No. 2. No. 3 No. 3 No. 4 was the second to come into full flower. A little darker than No….

…A few unformed wild cherries in evidence here and there. Prunus avium Very little fruit or seed on any of the hedgerow trees this year as it was frosty and…

…is said to be a suckering shrub but the clump of 3 are much as I planted them in 1991 and very little sign of any root suckers. The same…

…or yellowish-green in panicles at the end of its branches and dark blue nut-like fruits. Research suggests that little is known about this plant in Europe or the USA and…

…here. Euonymus huangi Euonymus huangi Euonymus huangi Sorbus matsumurana may have little autumn colour but the black buds are interesting. Sorbus matsumurana Sorbus matsumurana Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ looks great…