…drive is now at its absolute best. The top part of the tree is more purple than red but the odd remaining lower leaves are red. Marvellous in the sun…

…Yet another Carpinus with a name implying good autumn colour which is most disappointing (as yet) here. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ Now…

…with their autumn colour. Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ not bad either. Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’…

…the weight of the berries. red berried Rowan tree red berried Rowan tree red berried Rowan tree On lower ground an even more laden tree. laden tree 2021 – CHW…

…deer in a corn field at Goviley, spotted by Jaimie, while doing a tree survey. The antlers suggest that this was a farmed red deer which had escaped. red deer…

…propagating and preserving. late flowering red rhododendron late flowering red rhododendron late flowering red rhododendron late flowering red rhododendron Painters at work on the Rabbit Warren. Painters And the digger…

…death last year and the half of the shrub that has survived has plenty of flower. Halesia diptera Another decent Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ by Red Linney. Cornus x…

…ago. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ First flowers on another Magnolia lilliiflora ‘Holland Red’. Magnolia lilliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ ruined by the cold this year. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Nice vases…

…Cercis canadensis ‘Appalacian Red’ Cercis canadensis ‘Appalacian Red’ Cercis canadensis ‘Appalacian Red’ Meliosma veitchiorum just coming into leaf. Orange hairs on the stems of the emerging leaves. Meliosma veitchiorum Meliosma…

…of the four plants we have and it will be interesting to see those compared to Magnolia Black Tulip (bred by the Jury family in New Zealand) in a week…

…x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ 2019 – CHW Some nice things along Sinogrande Walk. Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ with its new leaves emerging. Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Acer x…

…of Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. He wondered if it was Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ but its too dark a pink in colour. The leaf and habit is also all wrong…

…nursery in our new seed production house. Dodonea viscosa First flowers out on Edgworthia ‘Red Dragon’ at Burncoose. Edgworthia ‘Red Dragon’ An excellent new crop of customer information notice boards…

…– CHW Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ is starting to come out by Georges Hut. A very good red indeed and a Caerhays hybrid. About its normal flowering time. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’…

…better colour I suspect. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ The magnolia above the Top Wall, a Magnolia ‘FJW’ seedling, is now full out and quite a sight from the…

…bit like ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ but rather larger. ‘C M Hovey’ looks close but that is a much more recently bred hybrid. Well worth Asia propagating anyway. Paeony form double red…

…and April diary reduces to nothing. The garden staff, farm staff and keepers can, and have to, carry on. Lambing ewes cannot wait and the first pheasant egg was gathered…

…their ‘sport’! First flowers showing on Magnolia dawsoniana and no frost damage. Magnolia dawsoniana Part of yesterday’s planting all staked and wired. yesterday’s planting A huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ now…

…macabeanum just about out. Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron macabeanum Our own Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ raised, named and registered but not bred by us. Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Flowers further out on Rehderodendron…

…seed tassels. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ First black fruits ever on Crataegus chlorosarca. Crataegus chlorosarca Crataegus tanacetifolia covered in yellowish fruits. Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus…