…am really not sure which species of allium this is growing outside the front gate. Perhaps Allium trifoliatum? Allium trifoliatum? Allium trifoliatum? Rhododendron (Azalea) prunifolium by the Four in Hand…

…Poor pictures I fear. Crepis capillans Crepis capillans This peculiar seed head suggests it ought to be an allium and I confess that I have never noticed it before. There…

…cernuum was especially good. Worth Burncoose stocking this. Allium cernuum Allium cernuum Gillenia trifoliata – an entirely new herbaceous perennial to me and an excellent border filler. Gillenia trifoliata Gillenia…

…x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ Allium senescens is a new species to me. A very decent late flowering pot full here. Allium senescens Allium senescens 2017 – CHW Another trip to…

…rattle’ which is hardly ever seen today. Caws called it a ‘corncrake’ which upset Boswell. corn rattle Poppies galore with cornflowers. Poppies Poppies Poppies Poppies Poppies Allium ameloprasum, elephant garlic,…

…‘Magical Beauty’ Allium ‘Millennium Lavender Bubbles’ Allium ‘Millennium Lavender Bubbles’ Geranium ‘Hocus Pocus’ with near black leaves. Geranium ‘Hocus Pocus’ 2020 – CHW Sloes forming up nicely but only just…

…frozen night of -4°C. Evening sunlight These are the first upright and bluish-green shoots of Allium vineale (wild onion) which we photographed with extraordinary seed heads last June/July on the…

…has sorted the muddle over what I thought was Allium trifoliatum outside the front gates here. I did actually notice this growing at Burncoose as well this week opposite the…