10th May

…R.GRIFFITHIANUM x purple splendour cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x JC Williams cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x arboreum sub delavayii cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x cetewayo cross 2016 – CHW A tour with Mike and Annabelle Lloyd…

17th February

…Deutzia to give summer colour. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is the centrepiece with Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’, Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’, Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ and Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ included as well. A new…

4th September

…full leaf and also drought tensile such damage is inevitable. Leaf litter everywhere under magnolias in the garden. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Autumn cut back Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ after the…

1st January 1897 – 2020

autumn effort as the main buds are still intact. Rhododendron concatenans Rhododendron concatenans Rhododendron concatenans There is nearly always a flower on Rhododendron keysii at any time of the year…

28th December

…ride.Acer heptaphlebium has no real autumn colour here at a young age but holds its leaves late into autumn. Odd name to pronounce! Acer heptaphlebium Acer heptaphlebium Zanthoxylum armatum seems…

16th December

…Berberis wilsoniae? Later than usual to go deciduous. Berberis wilsoniae Good autumn colour and ripe fruits on Malus x prattii at Slip Rail. Malus x prattii Malus x prattii Acacia…

14th December

…elm (Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia) with decent autumn colour just above Roger’s Quarry. Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia Planting and wiring complete by the fallen acer and on all the December…

9th December

…‘Nobilissima’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ not bad at all as autumn colour in the sun, although we would normally grow it for spring and summer colour. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’…

11th August

…under the newer leaves. Magnolia guangdongensis Magnolia guangdongensis Nearly ripe seeds on Sorbus rosea which is ready to plant out in the autumn. Sorbus rosea A fine lot of young…

1st October

…Garden. last grass cut Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ takes some beating as a garden plant in the autumn. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Rhus punjabensis is suckering after the wind…

15th September

…on Styrax obassia but not many. Styrax obassia The Cornus florida by the pond colours and curls its leaves for the autumn. Very attractive but no fruits on this 25…

6th September

…better. A welcome puddle outside the front door at last. puddle outside the front door Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ with a good display of autumn colour already. It is usually early…

8th October

…have to walk down the water meadows to achieve lift off. single swan single swan single swan The recent gales have destroyed what little autumn colour there was so far…

3rd September

…Seed heads on Magnolia cylindrica – not a common occurrence here. Magnolia cylindrica Autumn tints on Acer henryi. Acer henryi Most of the acorns have already dropped on Quercus lamellosa….

13th June

…flower buds appearing and the inevitable slug damage sargentiana always suffers. Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Goldrush’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Goldrush’ Hydrangea robusta ‘Titania’ from Vietnam also only planted last autumn. Attractive foliage. Hydrangea…

27th August

…exceptionally good smallish growing paniculata variety with huge flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Rhododendron pentaphyllum turning already to its good autumn colours. Rhododendron pentaphyllum Fine autumn colour already on Oxydendron…

1st April

…best thing flowering in the exhibit unless it drops overnight. Very silvery undersides to the leaves. We must propagate this next autumn. hybrid between Michelia doltsopa and Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver…

22nd April

…Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ in flower. Jaimie cut down half of it last autumn and what is left is leggy and sick. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ New leaves appearing on Carpinus turczaninowii…

3rd May

…some of the malus species and varieties which we are now assembling to plant in the autumn/spring in the Kitchen Garden now it is completely cleared. A lot more to…

1st May

…is 30 years old and has grossly over-flowered. I fear it will now die. Rhododendron keysii Viburnum prunifolium in full flower. When I photographed this in fruit last autumn I…