…on New Year’s Eve.Seed still on a young Sorbus dunnii which I do not know. A Roundabarrow nursery purchase. Sorbus dunnii And just a few berry remnants on Cornus drummondii…

…Burncoose catalogue this year. The foliage has a slightly silvery hue on the underside of the leaves Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Sorbus hedlundii still has three huge yellow…

…in Kennel Close by the east wind. bay hedge bay hedge Abies delavayi with sappy white new growth shoots. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi Sorbus aff. ligustrifolium flowering for the first…

…Jane’ 2016 – CHW Berries linger in profusion on a sorbus tree (one of three in a row) above The Hovel. I think this was a Werrington plant from 40…

…Pieris japonica Pieris japonica Sorbus aff. karchungii with its first seed clusters. 2017 planted. Sorbus aff. karchungii Carpinus fargesiana with its first small seed catkins. This is in the heat…

…Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) growing beside leather moorland on top of a hill. Sorbus aucuparia Next to it a more conventionally coloured red berried Rowan tree with twigs bent over with…

…King’ Sorbus hedlundii with fruits. Sorbus hedlundii Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ with a flush of late new growth. Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ More roe buck damage on a birch trunk….

…Magnolia ‘Peaches and Cream’ A young Sorbus hedlundii in flower. Sorbus hedlundii Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ – not bad for late season. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’…

…Hovel the Hovel Osmanthus americanus is a new species to us. Here its first flowers in the greenhouse. Nothing special really! Osmanthus americanus Sorbus zahlburckneri already in leaf with flower…

…× persicoides ‘Spring Glow’. Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia just…

…Sorbus zahlbruckneri well into leaf. Sorbus zahlbruckneri Magnolia ‘Blood Moon’ x M. ‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Blood Moon’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Blood Moon’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M….

…Sorbus caloneura in flower already. Sorbus caloneura Acer japonicum in flower. Acer japonicum Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ (M. ‘Forrest’s Pink’ x M. ‘Marilyn’) – selected by Philippe de Spoelberch. Named after…

…Magnolia ‘Olav Kallenberg’ Sorbus matsumurana in bud but not yet out. Never seen here before. Sorbus matsumurana A localised frost or cold wind has recently caught the new growth on…

…neglecta ‘Erythroblastos’ Prunus matsumae ‘Daikoku’ is one we have not captured properly in flower before. As expected very good! Prunus matsumae ‘Daikoku’ Sorbus vilmorinii just breaking into leaf. Sorbus vilmorinii…

…forwarding to Adrian Agley re dead New Zealand acers)Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ now full out in all its glory. Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Sorbus wardii in…

…good crop of eventually black seeds. Ligustrum confusum 2021 – CHW A nursery visit to check how the improvements were progressing there.Berry in full colour on Sorbus hupehensis already in…

…very rare species. Meliosma pungens A young group of Azalea ‘Persil’, planted in 2021 are just now out. Azalea ‘Persil’ Sorbus matsumurana with its first few flowers. A new species…

…dwarf form which is flowering better than ever before. Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Sorbus ‘Cloth of Gold’ with attractive and very early flowers. Planted in 1993. Sorbus ‘Cloth of Gold’ Another…

…Chelsea to make more room for plants on the lorries. The leaf mould and props are featured here. Pallets of kit Pallets of kit Sorbus ‘Elenore’ has wonderful bronzy new…

…kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ full out. Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ 2024 – CHW Sorbus hupehensis is growing into a decent small tree. Covered in flower. Sorbus hupehensis…