…the year. H. populnea was out ages ago. This is a borderline hardy plant with lots of green reversions but, when cut today in a vase, looks fine indoors. Here…

…the Pickard Hybrids were sourced from Burncoose over the years.The Amos Pickard Hybrids Collection Held at Canterbury Cathedral Queen’s Green Canopy Planting Ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral 20 October 2022 2021…

…populnea ‘Variegata’ in full flower. It is usually a shy flower and borderline too tender to grow outside. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Seed cones on Platycarya strobilacea remain green still at…

…related to Zelkova. Totally hardy, a shrubby tree with spine tipped branchlets and small yellowish-green fruits. Introduced from Korea/China in 1908.Also on the Pavia list were up to 50 species…

…A good few young evergreen trees blown over in the gales here and there. evergreen trees blown over The Polyspora in Area 6 and surrounded by Styrax/ Stewartia is out…

…which are browning and very nearly collectable. Rhododendron polyandron Lithocarpus pachyphyllus (an evergreen oak) with a large viable ripe oak seed. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus (an evergreen oak) with a…

…this genus to be showing autumn colour in Kennel Close. The rest are all still green. Carpinus caroliniana Carpinus caroliniana Photinia niitakayamensis with its first cluster of fruits that I…

…Another wander about later in the day to help dissipate the effects of a very good lunch at Burncoose yesterday.Azalea ‘Greenway’ with quite a few pale flowers above the greenhouse….

…which is quite a surprise for December. Rhododendron augustinii Rhododendron augustinii Crataegus wattiana (perhaps?) is still in full green leaf. Is it an evergreen? Crataegus wattiana Crataegus aprica is the…

…the greenhouse. Retrophyllum Retrophyllum Retrophyllum Another tender one called Secundecarpus. Secundecarpus Michelia flaviflorum with its first two flowers in a greenhouse. Michelia flaviflorum 2023 – CHW Magnolia campbellii nearly full…

…A new sculpture entitled ‘The Green Man’ on a rock face. ‘The Green Man’ Antony House from two of the Repton vistas to the water. Antony House Antony House 2019…

…maudiae as it is very distinctive blue/green foliage and glabrous in all parts. Good to have Michelia floribunda underway, really builds up flowering effect with age and the trees here…

…I have checked this once a week since Christmas. Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ now full out above the greenhouse….

…like at the Green Gate yesterday. fallen tree A bit of a tidy up in the Auklandii Garden – a few dead things and a bit of pruning. Auklandii Garden…

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…good show on the sasanquas at the top of the greenhouse steps. These have been out for eight to ten weeks. sasanquas at the top of the greenhouse steps sasanquas…

…very fine Rhododendron ‘Rose Elf’ Rhododendron ‘Rose Elf’ Jaimie now spied a green parrot eating the pollen or nectar in a Camellia x williamsii green parrot Rhododendron oreodoxa var fargesii…

…seeds from the flower stalks. Schefflera delavayi Magnolia lacei (Michelia lacei) is a large leafed evergreen. No flowers with us yet. Magnolia compressa (Michelia compressa) A good young Daphniphyllum macropodum…

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling in Tin Garden which we pollarded in February has made a bold leap to recovery and is still holding green leaves on the new young shoots…

…even the evergreen azaleas in Kennel Close. The bite marks are fresh and obvious. azaleas Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ loaded with buds. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Rhododendron arboreum ssp. cinnamomeum now out…