…for years and sold it as Q. myrsinifolia. Alan says it is Quercus glauca and, I agree, that it looks NOW very like the Q. glauca which I photographed at…

…with Charles Drinks at the Burncoose Stand Drinks at the Burncoose Stand Drinks Chelsea drinks Chelsea drinks Chelsea interview Alan Titchmarsh visited The Great Gardens stand at Chelsea to promote…

…of Rhododendron tanastylum (an Alan Clarke collection). Another one on the ‘rarely in cultivation or of doubtful provenance’ list. I doubt Alan would agree! The first grass cut in Kennel…

…a (still small) Magnolia ‘Anne Rosse’ x Magnolia ‘Purple Breeze’. First bud showing colour on the new Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Another of Alan Clarke’s introductions…

…for another year.Alan Clark delivers the following rhododendrons from his Vietnamese collection. I am tied up with a shoot but see him briefly at the front door. collage of autumn…

…long way off.So a look at some leaves and bark on evergreen oaks above Crinodendron Hedge.This is one of Lady Anne Palmer or Alan Coombes’ Mexian evergreen oaks; or so…

…from the original tree survives – identity has been queried L. corneus | Alan Coombes. Identity needs checking – see New Trees. L. lepidocarpus | Alan Coombes L. glabratus |…

…Rhododendron excellens (Alan Clark 5615) is out much later than the more recently planted clumps by Georges Hut. It looks here much like Rhododendron nuttallii to me but that too…

…sikkimense Quercus georgii is multi-stemmed even as a small newly planted tree. This came from an Alan Coombes collection and I cannot find it in any reference book under this…

…and a little later than usual. This small tree looked horrid in the drought years. Lomatia ferruginea 2023 – CHW The Royal Isle of Wight County Show. Met Alan Titchmarsh…

…first clump of our huge new autumn planted daffodil clumps A rhododendron which is very probably Rhododendron brevinerve (Alan Clarke 4296 collection number) is nicely out and new to me….

…by Alan Coombes in 2002. It is now up to 12 to 15 or so feet in rather less years. Quercus stenophylloides Quercus stenophylloides Who says there is nothing to…

…enjoyed the Alan Titchmarsh programme on Belvoir Castle last Thursday outlining the Duchess of Rutland’s attempts to recreate the 200 plus year old Capability Brown landscape which never got beyond…

…and this has been burnt up as well. Not a place for rhododendrons and certainly not Alan Clark’s Vietnamese introductions. clearing of a laurel clump 2000 – FJW Corn being…

…catch up on the rhododendrons still out as the season ends. Starting above the old Orchid House Nursery bed.An Alan Clarke collection of what I assume is Rhododendron maddenii with…

…Rhododendron rireii Rhododendron rireii Rhododendron monosemanthum, a new species to us, with its first flower and hairy leaf stalks. The collector’s number is 5978. I assume Alan Clarke. Rhododendron monosemanthum…

…Look at the pictures and make your own mind up. Styrax hemsleyanus The very large trees of Styrax obassia and Styrax hemsleyanus measured in 1964/6 by Alan Mitchell are long…

…Coombes has questioned the naming of an ancient shelterbelt in the Auklandii Garden of Quercus myrsinifolia as perhaps being Quercus glauca? Here are Alan’s comments to me: Are you sure…

…‘Treberrick’ Rhododendron ‘Treberrick’ Rhododendron ‘Treberrick’ Rhododendron concinnum Pseudoyanthimum Group is one of Alan Clark’s raisings and in the new species section of Old Park. Quite pretty but fades in colour….

…too upmarket and right wing for the BBC. Channel 5 did a good series on Repton gardens (including Belvoir) with Alan Titchmarsh but it was fairly low budget. I think…