…night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night Acacia potaczeki was attractive and new to me. Acacia potaczeki Acacia potaczeki Pieris formosa var forrestii ‘Rowallane Spike’ – flowers as…

…crocosmia naturalised crocosmia Camellia ‘Night Rider’ in the greenhouse. Clusters of flowers all open at once. Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ largely unfrosted. Strange shape as the bud unfurls….

…but what a colour when first out. Darker even than ‘Midnight Magic’ we saw a day or two ago? Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia yunnanensis grown from February…

…just before the gala night begins (4,000 tickets at £1,000 each for a two and a half hour drinks party) and the corks begin to pop. The Queen 2021 –…

…to the magnolias than yesterday after a second night’s frost of -4.8°C (at the Hovel). It has crept further up into the garden but still has not touched much above…

…Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ 2020 – CHW How much longer can the BBC keep the death panic going?Clearly they are itching to get the death statistics ever upward…

…and flowering white. Suckers must go! Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ still flowering well and a very dark red. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Last…

…– CHW Colder with yet more east wind. It has been dry now for a fortnight. First flowering here that I have seen of Rhodoleia aff. parvipetata (WWJ 11943) which…

…– CHW Boris announced a total lockdown of the whole country at 8pm last night. So Lockdown 3 it is and the end of our now hugely loss making shooting…

…untended garden as turds on the beach are a ‘no, no’! 2016 – CHW The yellow Labrador, Nutty, ran off on the foreshore late last night and only returned at…