…40 cars and 100 people turned up. Not bad for a parish of only 75! Jubilee (bonfire) beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon…

…and trailing not green as here. Dacryarpus dacrydiodes Dacryarpus dacrydiodes Dacryarpus dacrydiodes Chamaecyparis nookatensis ‘Jubilee’ was a fine feature plant with a pencil shape. Chamaecyparis nookatensis ‘Jubilee’ Chamaecyparis nookatensis ‘Jubilee’…

…The stand The stand The stand Vanda ‘Platinum Jubilee’ Vanda ‘Platinum Jubilee’ The day is marked by three severe thunderstorms and a clap of thunder directly overhead causes some visitors…

…plants seen there. Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ looked an especially good new herbaceous form with big colour changes in the flower colour as the flowers mature….

…even in a mild winter. Camellia azalea Camellia reticulata ‘Mystique’ a new one for me and a bicolor. Camellia reticulata ‘Mystique’ 2023 – CHW Our 2022 Jubilee planting of Malus…

…Sequoiadendron giganteum Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Rhododendron ‘Jubilee Queen’ (loderi ‘Venus’ x Rose du Barri – 1935) Rhododendron ‘Jubilee Queen’ (loderi ‘Venus’ x Rose du Barri – 1935)…

…‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Carmine’ and Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Carmine’ and Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’…

…a nest of honey bees in it but they appear to have moved on. nest of honey bees nest of honey bees nest of honey bees nest of honey bees…

…Roscoea x beesiana Roscoea x beesiana Orders still coming in at the rate of 100 a day in lockdown. Everyone in the packing sheds is getting tired!Then back here for…

…2023 catalogue going well with about one more full day to complete the first proof this long bank holiday weekend. The Jubilee service at St Pauls served as a backdrop….

…welcome heavy rain overnight and more to come to dampen the Jubilee festivities. rain Another decent plant of Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei in full flower. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Bladders…

…Cyclamen for Christmas just potted with the winter pansies. The very elderly owner will not have far to travel!Then to the absurdly named Jubilee Nurseries which was even more funerial….

…has a colony of wild black bees who are decidedly displeased at events. Ross will ring an apiarist tonight to see if he can box them up and then rehouse…

…Plantation sign is up. Isla Rose Plantation sign An old honeycomb dug out, presumably, by crows from a wild bees nest. Perhaps squirrels but would they not have chewed it…

…another! gates Between the rain bees on Mahonia japonica flowers. bees on Mahonia japonica flowers The ancient Mahonia japonica on the bank is a big clump and has been frequently…

…what looks like male flowers surrounding a single female flower. However I have seen these turn into clusters of 5/7 black berries so I am probably wrong. Bees and flies…

…The wild black bees whose home got felled are still very much in evidence in the sun today in their fallen trunk. wild black bees I have missed most of…

…‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ 2017 – CHW Off to Busy Bees fairly awful garden centre in the rain. Crammed with coach loads. Verbena rigida may be one for Clare…

…Rhododendron decorum at its best. Rhododendron decorum Styrax wilsonii now properly out with bees in attendance. Styrax wilsonii Styrax americanus is not quite out yet beside it. Styrax americanus Fagus…

…flower on show than last year but its semi trailing habit has led to one branch being snapped off in Monday’s storm. Good scent and loads of bees. Unusual bark…