…Green’. This is a graft from the original at Werrington on the bowling green which also features on the front cover of the latest edition of Hillier’s. There is a…

…eating the flowers on Crinodendron hookerianum. Squirrels eating the flowers The largest flowered of our Rhododendron maddenii. Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron maddenii Still more green shoots to prune out on the…

…verticillata Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ also spot on today. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ In the greenhouse a flower on Michelia laevifolia x Michelia maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’. Michelia laevifolia x…

…was Pittosporum illiciodes before Roy Lancaster gave me a plant with long thin evergreen leaves and slender stalked flowers. This plant is normally evergreen or semi evergreen but not this…

…fruits. Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Genie’. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Quercus chapensis with secondary autumn new growth. Very different from its mature evergreen leaves. Quercus chapensis Quercus…

…all through September the temperatures have now dropped and it is much more autumnal.The lacecap Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ by the Green Gate with a secondary flush of flowers. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ Hydrangea…

…flowered, dark red evergreen azalea above Roger’s Quarry. Asia will know. Very late flowering. dark red evergreen azalea Rhododendron lindleyi is nearly over. Few flowers this year and plenty of…

…Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ is looking good on the drive but not as good as ‘Daphne’. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Enkianthus hirtinervus is just out, much later into flower…

…davidiana Photinia davidiana Acer maximowiczianum (Acer nikoense) with fully formed seeds already. Acer maximowiczianum (Acer nikoense) Acer maximowiczianum (Acer nikoense) Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ by the Green Gate. Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’…

…the very first time in the Rockery. I have always wanted to grow these plants but have failed miserably up to now. Blue-green young foliage and tiny rockery plants really…