14th October

…‘Falling Waters’ just starting to turn brown. Extraordinary habit. Taxodium distichum ‘Falling Waters’ The last fruits remaining on the leafless Crataegus schraderiana. Crataegus schraderiana Sorbus hedlundii (KR 1801 A –…

19th December

…Salix moupinense (but Salix fargesii nearby has none). Beautiful orange-yellow berries on a Sorbus for which we have lost the label. Any ideas please? Sorbus I did reply to Roy’s…

4th October

…Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ Sorbus commixta var. sachalinensis heavily laden with fruit. The largest crop so far on this 13 year old tree. Sorbus commixta var. sachalinensis Mespilus…

2nd May

…admired at Exbury twice before. Fokienia hodginsii Fokienia hodginsii Sorbus harrowiana – in flower. Another new one to me although we have planted this. Sorbus harrowiana All our old plants…

30th November

…japonicus ‘Pendulus’ Sorbus eleonorae with unripe green fruits and quite decent autumn colour which I had not appreciated before. Sorbus eleonorae Sorbus eleonorae Sorbus eleonorae We may not have many…

26th November

…capitata now being gobbled up by the birds. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Propping up a leaning Sorbus tainschanica. Sorbus tainschanica Camellia ‘Setsugekka’ Camellia ‘Setsugekka’ Camellia ‘Setsugekka’ Enormous quantities of seeds…

19th May

…the Staphylea collection. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Sorbus helenae (ex Mt Omei) just into leaf and flower. Sorbus helenae A very good show on a somewhat hidden away Michelia foggii…

24th April

…and flower forming. Sorbus scalaris Sorbus scalaris Viburnum cylindricum with many berries still from last autumn. Not a species we grow but quite similar to Viburnum cinnamomifolium and Viburnum odoratissiumum…

1st January

…2018 – CHW Sorbus japonica (10 years from planting) still has plenty of orange to orange-red fruits in evidence. Worth collecting too. Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Carpinus japonica…

25th March

…had to be returned to the frames for more TLC. An entirely new species to us and the Sorbus collection here. Sorbus zahlbruckneri Sorbus zahlbruckneri Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’…