19th May

…splendid in the early morning sun. This plant once went to Chelsea but is now growing away well. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ 2017 – CHW We…

6th March

…South Korea Betula utilis Betula albosinensis var. septemtrionalis Betula raddeana Betula utilis ssp. jacquemontii Betula pubescens Betula papyrifera Betula var. commutata Betula alleghaniensis Betula dahurica Betula albosinensis Betula pendula ssp….

15th October

…seed given to us by Peter Moore. This seedling is already 6-8 feet tall with its first spectacular flower. Very vigorous but rather fragile. Indigofera pendula Indigofera pendula The first…

7th May

…last year to give it more room. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Styrax odoratissimus (veitchiorum) is now full out with its huge leaves. I started my article…

29th April

…colour on its trailing branches. Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’ Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ Magnolia tripetala x (M. tripetala x Magnolia obovata) has a very distinct leaf shape…

7th January

…days. Looks like a root sucker. Laurus azorica Lots of branches broken off an ancient Abies grandis below Tin Garden. Abies grandis The end of an elderly Magnolia salicifolia or…

16th August

…a vigorous upright tree. Litsea aff. polycarpa Secondary flowers on Magnolia salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia Lindera triloba – difficult to confuse this with any other species! Lindera triloba Lindera tonkinensis (FMWJ…

16th November

…Lutescens, perhaps out forms Dicroanthum hybrid wild. Cotoneaster salicifolia and Stransvaesia salicifolia are the best things showing colour. 1915 – JCW Only about 6 buds on Camellia sasanqua here but…

27th December

…– JCW H mollis is at its best. Cotoneaster salicifolia very good in spite of the birds, rather less than usual but the white camellia by the Engine House is…

6th December

…and Cotoneaster salicifolia are the best thing. I saw a flower on Mag delavayi three days ago in the wood. 1924 – JCW Much as the above. I suppose Berberis…