5th November

…plants. Tree uplift Tree uplift 2021 – CHW Strong winds have blown away much of the early autumn colour especially on acers. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ seeds are not yet…

5th August

…bungei Clerodendron bungei Eucomis autumnalis with white flowers. Not autumn either! Eucomis autumnalis Eucomis autumnalis Seed on Pittosporum crassifolium – not seen before. Pittosporum crassifolium Sophora microphylla. 12-15ft tall here….

4th August

…Quercus robur ‘Cristata’ – a most unusual tree! Quercus robur ‘Cristata’ Quercus robur ‘Cristata’ Quercus robur ‘Cristata’ Aesculus x neglecta ‘Autumn Fire’. Aesculus x neglecta ‘Autumn Fire’ Aesculus x neglecta…

19th September

…up to its name with its leaf shape. Reddish secondary new growth. Cornus oblonga Early autumn colour on Prunus ‘Kursar’ planted in 2009. I have not noticed this as being…

14th July

…tree with a similar spread and peeling bark. Here growing in full shade. Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Hypericum canariense looked tender but survived the winter…

30th October

…Day’ with its amazing autumn colours. Viburnum plicatum ‘Opening Day’ Morus cathayana planted on the bank below the medlar. Good light yellow-white autumn colour. Morus cathayana The third and darker…

28th September

…the Hawthorn but no sloes on the Blackthorn. This tells you the vagaries of the spring weather. Hawthorn Hawthorn We saw brilliant brown autumn leaf colour in the nursery on…

13th October

…hence the buds and autumn flowers. Leaves have variable amounts of spines. A large specimen tree today above Crinodendron Hedge. Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Hodginsii’ Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Hodginsii’ Ilex x…

22nd June

…biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ A tree fern on Sinogrande Walk with Rh. ponticum and Quercus ilex growing from its trunk. tree fern The (untraceable) and dwarf Carpinus…

Visit to Tregrehan – 3rd November 2018

…pipiterum – purple leaved. A more mature plant than anything we have at home. The foliage has paled a little in autumn. Zanthoxylum pipiterum Autumn colour on Enkianthus serrulatus. Tom…