8th August

…only has a couple of fruit clusters this year but is making a decent shrub. Rubus lineatus Rubus lineatus A top grafted Sorbus reducta with fruits forming. Sorbus reducta Sorbus

5th August

…the first week of June. So we are nearly 8 weeks later? Cornus hongkongensis Seed forming on Sorbus eleonorae. They will not be ripe or edible until January/ February. Sorbus

22nd November

…yellowish-white hue here outside and quite unlike the plant in the nursery photographed yesterday. Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ still has some fruits amid the last remnants of…

20th July

…forming on Paulownia kawakamii. Paulownia kawakamii Sorbus gongashica with odd shaped fruits. Sorbus gongashica Sorbus gongashica Populus purdomii with wonderfully veined secondary new growth. Populus purdomii Populus purdomii Nyssa sinensis…

21st December

…a good late show of berries in Kennel Close. Very fine today. Sorbus hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis As was the needle colour on the dwarf growing Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’….

4th March

…Hillier’s but the leaves are indeed privet-like. Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ is a much lighter colour in flower than ‘Felix Jury’. Excellent! Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’…

4th May

…Juglans ailanthifolia. Attractive. They will become huge (one meter long). Juglans ailanthifolia Sorbus alnifolia in flower. We saw the first berries last autumn. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus alnifolia The best find…

23rd May

…and suckering from the base. Attractive leaves too. Burncoose has nice plants of this native species. Sorbus torminalis Sorbus torminalis Sorbus torminalis Sorbus torminalis The original plant of Azalea ‘Caerhays…

17th April

…new growth. I cannot immediately find this in any reference books. Acer tsinlingense Acer tsinlingense Sorbus coloneura with young growth and flowers. Sorbus coloneura Sorbus coloneura Lindera umbellata in flower….

27th September

…King’ living up to its name. Real crabs! Malus ‘Jelly King’ Sorbus caloneura with just a few fruits. Sorbus caloneura 2021 – CHW A few views of the Tregavarras cliff…