It is a sad day as this maple undresses from her autumn foliage as she prepares for the dormancy of winter, it is easy to become accustomed to the unfolding of the seasons when your whole life-routine is shaped and... [more]
The Journal entry for the 6th October referred to the stately ‘Purple Joe Pye Weed’ correctly call ‘Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpurea’. Today’s image is the much rarer ‘Spotted White Joe Pye Weed’ or ‘Eupatorium maculatum Album’ which, while not really having... [more]
There was a gloomy haze filling the air this morning, probably all those effigies of burning Catholics atop a million bonfires last night. It has been a rather murky sort of day with a low cloud cover and intermittent mizzle... [more]
I have written of ‘Prunus sargentii’ before and of my appreciation of the form as being one of the finest flowering cherries in existence. Nothing has changed my mind on this count. The young foliage is bronze-red in spring and... [more]
Today’s image is harking back to late summer a little, but never mind, it’s been such a miserable overcast day a little colourful reminiscence wont go far wrong. This is Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’ in all its golden glory, of course... [more]
