…and heavy rain. Where else in the UK would an arum look like this in January? arum lily The original Camellia saluenensis (pale and dark) are starting to shed after…

…lilies (Zantedeschia aetheopica) full out already and perhaps cuttable for Chelsea? Arum lilies Arum lilies Quite a few days recently of first ever flowerings here. Now Juglans ailanthifolia has some…

…dark 15 months or so ago and broke off the legs. iron bench Arum lilies full out in flower already. Arum lilies Prunus serrulata full of flower near the Green…

…in profusion but easily pulled up! Erigeron karvinskianus Erigeron karvinskianus The arum lilies are at their best very early too by the gents’ loo. arum lilies Cornus kousa ‘Wisley Queen’…

…might enjoy the Arum lilies outside the front door which the rain has battered today. This clump has now been pictured in flower several times since January. In flower for…

…Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ An early seed head on Arum italicum in a bed of ivy. Arum italicum 2021 – CHW The siege of the film crew making part of yet…

…The last two flowers on Arum lillies. Arum lillies Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ colouring up. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cotoneaster franchetii and Metasequoia ‘Goldrush’. Cotoneaster franchetii…

…abundance. This has been a wet summer in the north.Lords and ladies in full fruit (Arum maculatum). Arum maculatum Some sloes forming but still green and swelling. Last year they…

…flower left on the arum (Zantedeshia aethiopica) by the gents’ loos. Looking at the growth on the clump this may be the first of next year’s flowers rather than the…

…CHW Only in Cornwall could one see an Arum lily (zantedeshia aethiopica) in full growth with a new flower emerging in December. Mild beyond belief! Arum lily (zantedeshia aethiopica) Not…

…japonica ‘Nobilissima’ Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ The one flower on the Arum Lily now deceased. Arum Lily First colour showing on Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’. Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ The Echiums have taken…

…now the first real frost of the year. Minus 5°C overnight with hail but bright and clear by day. The Echiums do not like it! Echiums Neither did the arum…

…rosea ‘Picotee’ now about full out. No frost damage. Surely very late for any Lapageria? I wonder why? Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Frost damage on the Arum lilies. Arum lilies And…

…recent east winds though. Still cold, wet and windy most of today. echiums echiums 2016 – CHW Arum italicum (lords and ladies) a good eight inches into growth already. Rivalling…

…could probably have done a better job of it. Click here to read my eulogy to my Dad. 2018 – CHW A flower on the arum lily by the front…

…flower. It seems to have been putting on a new growth all winter. Tropaeolum ciliatum Tropaeolum ciliatum First flower for 2017 on the arum lily clump by the gents’ loo….

…of these superb plants growing away at various ages. Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Outside my study window the Arum lillies have at…

…bud. Viburnum coriaceum with ripe seeds and flower heads. The Arum lilies by the gents toilets excellent already after a frost free winter. The white form of Staphylea colchica ‘Black…

…a few flowers open, Suavio going over and so the blood red Arboreum. No waterlilies open, one or two Arum, moved a seedling from Emperor into the Drive, not quite…

…Rhododendron formosum. The backdrop here is Fuchsia excorticata which has been in flower since mid-January. The Arum lilies are untouched by the winter and in full flower already Granny’s bonnets…