…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…

…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….

…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…

…japonica ‘Magic Marlot’ Viburnum ‘Eskimo’ has got its seasons wrong! Viburnum ‘Eskimo’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ liners flowering away. Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ 2023 – CHW To the greenhouses to pick out…

…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…

…All these zanthoxylum species are prickly ‘nasties’ but this one seems evergreen and especially so. Zanthoxylum acanthopodium Syringa pinnatifolia in flower which it certainly is not outside here as yet….

…‘Orkney Cherry’ Iris hookeri with very pronounced and rounded seed heads. Iris hookeri Alstroemeria psittacina with flowers that are an odd mix of red and green. A tall growing species…

…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…

…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…

…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….

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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….

…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…

…something new for the 2018 catalogue. Melianthus villosus from South Africa. Melianthus leaves all right (although green) but look at the flower colour! Melianthus villosus Melianthus villosus Melianthus villosus Melianthus…

…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…

…plant above the greenhouse with the female cones was thought by us to be A. bidwillii when in fact, it is A. angustifolia, a record tree so we are not…