12th April

…Salix magnifica Salix magnifica Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Populus purdomii Populus purdomii Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Could not resist…

26th October

…plant. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Nice yellow colours just now appearing on Tilia kiusiana. Tilia kiusiana Berries and flowers on several of the Corokia. Corokia Corokia First flower on Camellia x…

22nd June

…the recent rain but nothing too drastic and a roe deer has enjoyed a few lower leaves. Thankfully most are now out of reach. Tilia carolina subsp. heterophylla Tilia carolina…

2nd October

…henryana Tilia henryana Tilia henryana Cotoneaster ‘unknown’ above The Hovel has large, oval, orange fruits but not in profusion and only in the centre of the large bush. This proves…

28th September

…plant soon. Tilia henryana Tilia henryana Tilia henryana 2015 – CHW The very first flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ outside the front door. I may have failed to find a…

8th April

…half sized leaf. Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea Sassafras albidum – this extraordinary spreading/suckering clump in full flower. Why does ours not produce suckers like this? Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum Sassafras…

4th September

Tilia henryana just coming out in Penvergate. Plastered in flower. However the plant on the drive has none this year. Tilia henryana Tilia henryana Stewartia pteropetiolata covered in seedpods alongside…

2nd September

…whitish bracts behind the seed clusters are interesting and attractive. Tilia henryana Tilia henryana The fattest fruit I have ever seen on Stewartia rostrata. About twice the size of the…

21st July

…by the look of it and we need to remove the two leylandii which are crowding it at present. Tilia mongolica Tilia mongolica 1933 – JCW Ivey’s Escallonia is of…

19th November

…away already at the top of the tree and mainly on the ground. Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ with old growth leaves turning brown while the leaves…