…Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ by Red Linney nearly full out. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ Acer palmatum ‘Chisio’ turning nicely from green to red. Acer palmatum ‘Chisio’…

…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…

…eight to ten weeks. sasanquas at the top of the greenhouse steps sasanquas at the top of the greenhouse steps Sarcococca wallichii not quite out in flower yet in the…

…with light green rounded leaves on arching stems. Cotoneaster fangianus Cotoneaster fangianus Euonymus wilsonii now in full flower and rather striking for a euonymus. Euonymus wilsonii Euonymus wilsonii The new…

…place. Rhododendron ponticum Trevor Green’s columnar oak tree, planted in 2018 to commemorate 100 years at The Cottage, continues to grow well. Trevor Green’s columnar oak tree Plenty of Lesser…

…time properly here and most impressive Crataegus chilensis Cupressus torulosa with numerous cones still green as yet. Cupressus torulosa The best show of berries so far seen on Cornus hemsleyi….

…a pot and only outside the greenhouse in the summer. The first ever walnut was developing. Juglans neotropica 2023 – CHW Viburnum sambucinum about to flower for the first time…

…and red pepper seeds still in evidence and this species is an evergreen. Some of the nastiest prickles or spines you could wish for as well. Looks to be a…

…the old original Styrax pseudocamellia. Styrax pseudocamellia The first grass cut in Kennel Close has started in this welcome heatwave. Kennel Close Startling pale green new growth on Podocarpus henkellii….

…with secondary flowers in a pot in the new greenhouse. A species which we had lost. Rhododendron ferrugineum Rhododendron ferrugineum Massive leaves on a young Magnolia macrophylla. This will replace…