…date plum, which is the common name for Cephalotaxus, but when you strip out the seed itself it certainly does look like a ‘date plum’. Cephalotaxus fortunei Cephalotaxus fortunei As…

…open. 1902 – JCW Picked the first Fortunei yesterday, very few other roses, cold, picked I pavonia and one Lorteti. 1899 – JCW R fortunei open. A good few roses….

…already for next spring. Paulownia fortunei Paulownia fortunei Ilex aff. gagnepainiana (FMWJ 13468) has made huge growth. Ilex aff. gagnepainiana (FMWJ 13468) Plenty of berry on Sorbus hupehensis with, currently,…

…Osmanthus x fortunei which I have been waiting to catch. Some on the stems and a few as terminal clusters. Osmanthus x fortunei Osmanthus x fortunei Araucaria bidwillii with copious…

…is a climbing euonymus – Euonymus fortunei ‘Woolong Ghost’ which we have planted to grow up a beech tree. This we have seen at Tregrehan where it is easily up…

…plant labels out into the garden 2 weeks before we open to the public. plant labels Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ is finally making some progress climbing up a Copper beech…

…but with plenty of blue podocarps. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae The first flowering that we have seen of a newly planted Mahonia fortunei ‘Winter Prince’. Orange buds opening yellow which…

…Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’. Nearly, but not quite, edible. Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ As fine a show of flower on Hosta fortunei ‘Aureomarginata’ as I can remember on any Hosta…

…Raffill’ The new swimming pool and extension to the house. swimming pool A Trachycarpus fortunei given many years ago to JPW as a birthday present has grown away extremely well….

…Shoe just showing. Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor just out in the Main Quarry. Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor Tropaeolum ciliatum suddenly out in flower on the castle wall. Tropaeolum…