24th November

…with its unusual fruits. Which other sorbus species have this odd acorn and cup type fruit? Sorbus zahlbruckneri New to us and in flower today, with a multitude of tiny…

6th January

…has fully recovered after repotting. Sorbus zahlbruckneri Sorbus zahlbruckneri 2022 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ is a little late again this year. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ The first…

25th August

…in the Kitchen Garden. Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden Sorbus wilsoniana becomes even better. Sorbus wilsoniana Sorbus wilsoniana The virtues of leaving dead wood for woodpeckers to enjoy. Dead wood for…

7th January

…old multi-stemmed Sorbus commixta which has now been surrounded (again) with rabbit netting. Fortunately they have only bitten through the outer bark and not penetrated to the bare wood so…

23rd November

…it Sorbus wardii? Cannot remember without checking). Sorbus wilsoniana Camellia ‘Takanini’ in the nursery is, as it should be, a double dark rich red. The plants outside at Caerhays shown…

7th August

…base. Quite a job to cut it out amid the prickles. Crataegus laevigata ‘Gireoudii’ A top grafted Sorbus reducta with seed turning already. Sorbus reducta One bit of Rhododendron schlippenbachii…

15th June

…colour apparently but I have not noticed as yet. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ After all the phytophthera ramorum scares I thought we had removed every larch on the…

8th September

…here are a few things for Asia and Cressy to collect for sowing currently in Kennel Close. Tilia maximowicziana Tilia maximowicziana Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia…

10th June

Sorbus gongashanica Sorbus gongashanica Styrax serrulatus – we gave the lower branches something of a haircut in the winter to lift the crown off other adjacent plants. The reaction has…

31st July

…flower colours. Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’ Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’ Sorbus vilmorinii fruiting away on the drought to capacity. Sorbus vilmorinii Sorbus vilmorinii A very near black agapanthus which might…