…I had thought someone had shot out the top of the tree as you can see. Now I wonder if the pruning of the lower branches has caused the rot…

…pink Camellia sasanquas single pink Camellia sasanquas Conversely the single white Camellia sasanquas have conventional light green new growth. I wonder why the difference is so marked on these 100…

…‘Porcelain Dove’ 2023 – CHW This wonderful Rhododendron parishia (CWJ 6346) – (as it is labelled) is clearly from Section ponticum subsection Parishia but what species exactly? Not really much…

…form. ‘Titan’ is a good thing and much different to other x brooklynensis varieties which can be a ‘nasty’ mix of colours or ‘delightful’ depending on your taste. I wonder,…

…gift from Windsor planted in 1991 and now a 30-40ft upright tree. Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia The wonderful red new growth on Reevsia sinica which is now growing well after…

…var. temenium. Rhododendron temenium var. temenium Rhododendron tricanthum. Rhododendron tricanthum Rhododendron diaprepes – I always wonder how this differs from Rh. decorum. The exhibit of decorum did not have the…

…flower.Ilex yunnanensis in full growth with flower buds showing. Ilex yunnanensis Lithocarpus glabrata (from Crûg) in full new growth. Looking at the leaf I wonder if it is true to…

…‘Saffron Queen’ Rhododendron ‘Cowslip’ flowering sparsely. (Rh. wardii x Rh. williamsianum). Rhododendron ‘Cowslip’ The fir tree which fell above Red Linney took out Phellodendron amurense var. sachalinense. I wonder if…

…a better garden than Wisley with more plants in more landscape contexts. It is growing and improving all the time. I wonder how many gardeners and labellers it all takes?…

…wonder if some of it will grow in such a hot, dry location? Illicium aff. griffithii is looking a bit chloritic already as was the Neolitsea. Illicium aff. griffithii The…

…top of the plant and plenty more new shoots still emerging in December. Small wonder these new species are so tender and difficult to get going! Will they adjust eventually…

…Many other magnolias in more sheltered spots (ie Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’) still have most of their leaves on although they will be out in around three months. No wonder magnolias…

…gate has wonderful colour in the sun today. The plant beyond the Fernery has none of these colours. Rehderodendron macrocarpum Rehderodendron macrocarpum Gingko biloba and Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Gingko biloba…

…today on this one on a still day. I wonder why? Luculia gratissima (KR11263) Salvia leucantha in full flower in one of the greenhouses as it often is around December….

…on Australian Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica) . Paul Cannon and Paul Kirk seem to have collected this on maybe more that one occasion in 1982/3 and I wonder if this…

…leaf and flower. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Nearby Hydrangea lobbii (BSWJ 3214) is coming into flower! No wonder we have already lost two of the three plants planted…

…lump on his foot from the bite was there until his death. A wonderful innings from a legendary rabbit, squirrel and woodcock dog who ran and ran but would never…

…hedge A few rogue flowers, as usual, on Azalea ‘Kirin’. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Ripe black myrtle berries cover the path. No wonder self-seeding everywhere is so rampant. myrtle berries Acer palmatum…

…on a tree fern trunk outside the potting shed is an unusual find. I wonder what it is as the leaves have some hairs and it definitely is not Rhododendron…

…Pinus wallichiana Pinus wallichiana Styrax japonica ‘Purple Dress’ is another new addition to our Styrax collection and has appeared from Burncoose. Wonderful late autumn colour. Styrax japonica ‘Purple Dress’ Styrax…