30th June

…‘Tresco dwarf pink’ Astilbe ‘Chocolate Fascination’ is new to us this year and our first sight of the pale pinkish flower spikes above the dark blackish leaves. Astilbe ‘Chocolate Fascination’…

7th August

…masonorum Phlox ‘White Admiral’ and Astilbe ‘Federsee. Phlox ‘White Admiral’ and Astilbe ‘Federsee The scent of the sweet peas was overpowering. A wonderful crop of flowers despite the dry summer….

15th July

…ulmaria, Meadowsweet, which often gets mown off before it can flower properly as here beside the Magnolia delavayi in partial shade. As good as some Astilbe? Filipendula ulmaria Filipendula ulmaria…

11th February

…offering from the garden. Astilbe first with other herbaceous and Dr Smarts camellias later.Time to look at a little of the nursery properly between the violent squalls and rain that…

4th July

…for a display of their national collection of astilbe. Wonderful! A great leap forward for a garden usually famous only for its camellias and woody plant collection. A credit to…