4th May

…today. A nice clump of Aralia chinensis featured here fills a website missing picture slot. Aralia chinensis Aralia chinensis 2015 – CHW I still have rather mixed views on the…

19th May

…‘Whipcord’ Cutting back laurel and rhododendron above Hovel Cart Road. laurel and rhododendron A clump of six Enkianthus chinensis on Hovel Cart Road. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Staphylea colchica ‘Black…

8th July

…variety below Slip Rail which I had not spotted before with very tiny flowers but now think it is Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’ Cornus…

17th April

…tree. Acer campestre ‘Red Shine’ Acer campestre ‘Red Shine’ New growth on Aesculus chinensis is attractive too. Aesculus chinensis Aesculus chinensis Magnolia ‘Maxine Merrill’ has small flowers but they really…

12th May

…Enkianthus chinensis in a group of three of which one is wrongly named. Exceptionally large flowers in large clusters. The leaf is bigger than other species too. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus…

24th April

…growing out of a holly hedge. Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Then on to the Sugar Loaf Mountain where the Chenevix-Trenches have started a garden sunk deep in a…

18th October

…far as I am aware. Yellowish-white in terminal panicles. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Lindera lancea with excellent autumn colour. Lindera lancea Lindera lancea Callicarpa shirasawana with both flowers and berries….

29th August

…this multi-stemmed tree. Sassafras albidum Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ with now ripe fruits. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ 2017 – CHW Sinowilsonia henryi has still not flowered…

4th February

…Higo camellias – now properly out. Camellia ‘Hatsu-Zakura’ Camellia ‘Hatsu-Zakura’ Serious and fresh roe deer damage to the main stem of an Enkianthus chinensis. It will die! Enkianthus chinensis More…

15th August

…planting. Corylus chinensis with enormous hazel leaves. Corylus chinensis Calycanthus ‘Venus’. Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Mahonia eurybracteata with its first flowers. Mahonia eurybracteata We saw this Lysionotus pauciflorus (BSWJ 335) in flower…