…has well developed flower clusters for the spring as well as equally impressive clusters of not quite yet ripe seeds. Some brown but mostly still green. Pieris forrestii ‘Forrest Flame’…

…it. Several drought casualties Several drought casualties 2021 – CHW Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ white, pink and brown. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Sadly, our best Hydrangea sprengeri ‘Diva’ does have…

…other species and well hidden in the foliage. The leaves have yellowish brown stellate hairs and the flowers have very yellow pronounced anthers. This species is nearly over today and…

…pink ‘Polar Bear’ does not look right! I can take ‘white’ brown bears but not pink white ones! A 2003 planted Fagus longiopetiolata is at last making some progress. You…

…flowers on Rhododendron barbatum. Very early as usual.And wonderful peeling bark too. When the peeling has finished it leaves a very smooth trunk as you can see. Greyish brown but…

…robusta Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group, conversely, is over. The flowers have faded to a dull pink here and gone brown elsewhere. This is a very variable plant in flower and…

…‘Lanarth’ 2016 – CHW The water meadows and lake are totally flooded for the second time this year. The lake a dark silty brown where the river has flowed in…

…said x rockii but this is not in Hillier’s) are now ripe. New Trees says the fruits are ‘pome red’. There is a hint of reddish brown in them but…

…caloneura which has brown fruits rather than the red ones featured here. Sorbus commixta aff. var. sachalinensis (BSWJ 10958) Sorbus commixta aff. var. sachalinensis (BSWJ 10958) Quercus laurifolia with late…

…greyish-brown bark and the emerging leaves are dark in colour. Betula kweichowensis subsp. fansipanensis Betula kweichowensis subsp. fansipanensis Betula kweichowensis subsp. fansipanensis Rhododendron ‘Anne Teese’ just out by George’s Hut….