…back to normality.The quince fruits are just starting to turn from green to yellow. quince fruits quince fruits Under Rosa roxburgii all the hips have suddenly shed from the shrubs…

…Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’. You can see the flower buds amid the brown, yellow and red tints on the edges of the still green leaves. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold…

…Ilex oak branch huge Ilex oak branch Hedychium greenii seems to be the last of the species to flower. Attractive reddish stems and foliage. Hedychium greenii Hedychium greenii Mahonia japonica…

…couple of weeks ago. Today Torreya grandis’ fruits are still green but they are splitting and most were collected from the ground. A single seed in each green capsule with…

…Salix magnifica Salix magnifica Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Populus purdomii Populus purdomii Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Could not resist…

…Hedychium in a greenhouse. He gave us a plant years ago. Hedychium A Brazilian conifer called Retrophyllum in the greenhouse. Retrophyllum Retrophyllum Retrophyllum Another tender one called Secundecarpus. Secundecarpus Michelia…

…eating the flowers on Crinodendron hookerianum. Squirrels eating the flowers The largest flowered of our Rhododendron maddenii. Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron maddenii Still more green shoots to prune out on the…

…Green’. This is a graft from the original at Werrington on the bowling green which also features on the front cover of the latest edition of Hillier’s. There is a…

…verticillata Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ also spot on today. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ In the greenhouse a flower on Michelia laevifolia x Michelia maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’. Michelia laevifolia x…

…Trevor! brief respite in the Green Hut brief respite in the Green Hut 2015 – CHW In my absence and lots of rain the seeds on the Lithocarpus pachyphyllus have…