…name. Some above Burns Bank on the path and many more by the Petrol House near the pond. double flowered daffodils double flowered daffodils First flowers showing high up on…

…tschonoskii Carpinus tschonoskii Another Carpinus orientalis. Carpinus orientalis Carpinus orientalis Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ also suffering from drought until last Wednesday and Friday’s torrential rain. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ Carpinus…

…flowers than the front but much darker overall than the other two. Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Also out today was the new Hamamelis x intermedia…

…the sales point in a cold spot but flowering well. Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’ Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’ Carpinus polyneura with reddish secondary new growth. Carpinus polyneura Carpinus orientalis with plenty too…

…saw another of these last year above the greenhouse. We thought then a natural cross with Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ or ‘Red Admiral’. The seedlings were originally gathered from beside the…

…Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ just starting to change leaf colour and with seed tassels. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ First black fruits ever on Crataegus chlorosarca. Crataegus…

…Magnolia dealbata Lomatia tinctoria had a few seeds but they have shed and we have missed them. Lomatia tinctoria A perfect flower on Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Another…

…excellent today. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ 2019 – CHW Old Park was well worth a post Chelsea catch up visit. Rhododendron (Azalea) atlanticum (nearly over)…

…missing decent autumn colour pictures of Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ on the Burncoose website. Hilliers states ‘striking shades of bright red and orange’. What I am seeing is hardly this…

…up it is a Gresham hybrid and should be a dark red – so wrongly named. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ A rather surprising red hybrid…