8th September 1897 – 2020 | The Garden Diary

FJW 1955-2007

CHW 2015-

JCW 1897-1939

CW 1940-1955

2020 – CHW
Crataegus schraderiana with its fruits now coloured up.

Photinia villosa var. coreana absolutely laden with berries.

2019 – CHW
Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ was a gift from Leslie Baker last year. It is establishing well.

Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ is just out with plenty more buds developing on what is a young plant.

The ancient Lapageria rosea has been out for a while with one flower low down and embedded in the Alstroemeria.

Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ beneath the scaffolding with a good show of flowers despite its current affliction.

I think the Lapagerias are a little later into full flower this year than last but need to check back in the diary. When I do, with Edwina’s help, I find I am talking piffle and that ‘Picotee’ was out last year on 24th September and still had flowers on 29th November! However ‘Flesh Pink’ was out on 21st August so my memory is not yet quite as defective as all that!

Plenty of seed pods on the original Camellia saluenensis.

Rhododendron schlippenbachii starting to show its autumn colours.

The first time I have seen a plethora of chubby six-sectional seed heads forming on Hoheria angustifolia.

2018 – CHW
This is a discovery! A mature evergreen euonymus species which I had never noticed before and will need to get identified. Can anyone help? One obvious seed pod but none I could see higher up the tree.

Rhododendron kiyosumense with attractive autumn colour and a few still green seed pods forming. A good deciduous species.

Acer sikkimense has survived the drought but made little new growth in its second year from planting.

2017 – CHW
Surprising what is still in flower while autumn approaches.Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ with wonderful autumn colour.

Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ looking very fine.

Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ now full out.

Agastache fren. ‘Blue Fortune’ likewise.

Dichroa febrifuga

A new species of tender beschorneria – Beschorneria albiflora.

Colletia hystrix

Paeonia potanini

Illicium oligandrum – a new species of illicium for the 2018 catalogue.

Aralia elata in full flower.

Zenobia with ripening seeds.

Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ – in flower. An attractive combination with the leaves.

Pseudopanax with seeds.

Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ in full flower.

Echinacea purpurea

Kniphofia ‘Little Maid’ rather late in the season.

Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ laden down with fruit as usual.

Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ living up to its name.

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ fading off to pink.

Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ outside the converted barns which is clearly in the wrong place but looking very fine indeed. Loads of new shoots.

Ligustrum japonicum ‘Aureum’ in full flower.

Dregea sinensis

2016 – CHW
Mespilus germanica with a good crop of fruit which is not yet ripe. The tree is putting on secondary new growth after the rain.

2015 – CHW

Outside the front gates Hydrangea aspera ssp robusta (ex Crug) is flowering for the first time. Very late and long after the other aspera villosa group flowers have faded. It looks rather like a white form of Hydrangea sargentiana but now the botanists strike again and Hydrangea sargentiana is now reclassified as Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana. On what basis was this change made I wonder?

Some redcurrant berries on Viburnum betulifolium but the pheasants are demolishing the lot. Supposedly this viburnum species does not fruit at a young age.

1988 – FJW
All corn in – and most of straw.

1976 – FJW
Another drop of rain in the evening – 3rd spell in 3 months.

1968 – FJW
All straw in.

1962 – FJW
All corn gathered in.