4th June

…best thing in the garden today. Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ Rhododendron ‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ just going over. Rather paler than our form so…

1st June

varieties Azalea indica varieties Azalea indica varieties A newly planted Philadelphus caucasicus with its first few flowers in Kennel Close. It is not enjoying the dry spell. Another new Philadelphus…

13th March

…flowers. Luckily we have lots of other plants of flowering age. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Burncoose Tennis Court’…

11th June

…yunnanensis just going over. Planted in 2018 and already needing a hard pruning back which it got in 2021. Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Flower buds well…

17th October

…only about 20 years of over-seeding. One flower remains out hidden in the small tree which this plant now is. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Pterostyrax corymbosus was also…

17th September

…trapping is working. Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Secondary flowers on young Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’ are a pleasant surprise in the sunlight. Rhododendron…

18th June

…Carpinus orientalis Carpinus orientalis Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya. Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus cordata. Carpinus cordata Carpinus cordata Carpinus caroliniana. Carpinus caroliniana Juglans microcarpa. Juglans microcarpa…

1st April

…Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’. Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis jacquemontii…

14th March

…Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ just starting but wind damaged overnight. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in its pomp. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia…

15th October

…less shade then here. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi The flower buds on Atherosperma moschata are not far off coming out. Atherosperma moschata Good post…