If you're a fan of this podcast then you won't need telling that HORTUS is a quarterly gardening journal of the utmost quality. Its Editor, David Wheeler, founded the publication in 1987 and next week (in Part Two) we'll get stuck into its creation and what makes it so special.

This week we're 'leaf peeping' as David shares varieties he's selected for his new garden at Upland in Camarthenshire, plus heavenly Hydrangeas!

PLANT LIST

Acer rubrum

Acer rubrum 'October Glory'

Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred' syn Acer rubrum 'Autumn Blaze'

Acer saccharum

Acer saccharinum

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blaumeise'

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nachtigall'

Rhododendron 'Cornish Red'

Magnolia stellata

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Parrotia persica 'Vanessa'

Parrotia persica 'Persian Spire'

Cornus kousa

Quercus rubra

Cornus kousa 'Copacabana'

Amelanchier

Iris sibirica

Fraxinus angustifolia 'Raywood'