…forgotten Acer carpinifolium (the hornbeam maple) just leafing up and flowering the by the Red Linney. There is a younger upright growing plant above the greenhouses but I have never…

…evergreen symplocos species. Not Symplocos dryophylla but not that different. unnamed evergreen symplocos Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ still putting on a good show six to eight weeks after first showing colour….

…time for another decade. Karol is flying the drone and you will soon see his further efforts on YouTube. Clearing the fallen leylandii below the Green Gate. Clearing the fallen…

…drive down from the top lodge all now have Karol’s smart new green labels. new green labels A closeup of a Camellia ‘Magnoliaflora’ flower. Camellia ‘Magnoliaflora’ Camellia ‘Magnoliaflora’ Camellia ‘Magnoliaflora’…

…campbellii (ACUG 5330) Lizzie and the new dog; ‘Drummer’ with the Magnolia campbellii. Lizzie and the new dog; ‘Drummer’ Prunus ‘Kursar’ just out in Kennel Close. Full out by Green…

…with the leaves still green. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ The Cornwall champion tree of Osmanthus heterophyllus (by girth) is nicely scented and producing a good show on what…

…fangianus just about to flower with light green rounded leaves on arching stems. Cotoneaster fangianus Cotoneaster fangianus Euonymus wilsonii now in full flower and rather striking for a euonymus. Euonymus…

…the greenhouse yesterday is exactly the same as our elderly plants above the Crinodendum Hedge. Azalea ‘Azuma Kagami’ Azalea ‘Azuma Kagami’ Azalea ‘Azuma Kagami’ A cut vase of Salix hookeriana…

…Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ living up to its name. No sign of fading to green here. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Indigofera himachalensis (from Roundabarrow nurseries) flowering properly for the first…

…not a bad name for the new growth. Pseudopanax ‘Gold Finger’ Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’ has plain green, younger leaves and yellow, variegated, older ones. Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’ Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’…

…numerous cones still green as yet. Cupressus torulosa The best show of berries so far seen on Cornus hemsleyi. The bush is now tall enough to escape clear nibbling lower…

…Asia’s plant of Hoya carnosa is now enormous and covered in flower in the greenhouse. Hoya carnosa Camellia costei with reddish new growth in the greenhouse. Camellia costei And Camellia…

…on a magnolia Minimal new growth, no seeds set and just a few buds for next spring. magnolia magnolia A decent Sorbus (ex Trevor Green) by the lower staff car…

…Aesculus hippocastanum Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ fades to green rather than pink here on Hovel Cart Road. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ An unnamed rhododendron with a decent autumn show….

…kousa ‘Doubloon’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ has no berries at all this year. Last year it was plastered. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ 2019 – CHW Zantedeschia ‘Green Goddess’ with a fully formed…

…Contoneaster rhytidophyllus Cotoneaster thimphuensis still completely green. Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster hillieri was rated second best in berry last year but only now just turning. We have two plants…

…still green. Sorbus wardii Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ with plenty of seed heads forming. Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ Bronzy secondary growth on Betula insignis ‘Fansipanensis’. Betula insignis ‘Fansipanensis’ Betula insignis ‘Fansipanensis’ Interesting…

…look up and now respond to. The leaves are downy and grey green. This species comes from Greece and the Crimea. Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ is…

…When looking more closely many have already dropped to the ground. When cut in half no acorn has actually formed within the circled green cup. Perhaps those still left on…

…on Brachychiton acerifolius. The evergreen Australian tree seems finally to be getting going. We had another which lived for a few years from 2018 but did nothing and eventually died….