3rd May

…flash. Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Azalea ‘Babeuff’ A young clump of Rhododendron ‘Berts Own’ just coming out. Fabulous scent. Rhododendron ‘Berts Own’ The rare Symplocos dryophylla full out by Georges Hut. Not…

9th May

…habit. RHODODENDRON crassum RHODODENDRON crassum Rhododendron crassum is pink in bud and the smell was just coming. Too far out already for Chelsea though. RHODODENDRON ‘Berts Own’ Rhododendron ‘Berts Own’…

28th March

…seedling now with a blue sky behind. Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling At Hardy and Berts Nursery between the two ferneries there are…

24th April

…taken in four to six weeks when still soft (fragrantissimum, formosum, Princess Alice, Lady Alice Fitzwilliam, Berts Own, HarryTagg, Anne Teese, ciliicalyx, Countess of Haddington, Michaels Pride etc). Outside the…

30th May

…Rhododendron ‘Rabatz’ Rhododendron edgeworthii – pink form – one survivor from three planted by Georges Hut. Looks quite like our own hybrid, ‘Berts Own’. Rhododendron edgeworthii – pink form A…

31st May

…and Berts Nursery between the two ferneries. Who Hardy and Bert were I have no idea nor do I ever remember the nursery bed which is now full of Azalea…

25th September

…Star’ No fruits at all this year on Asimina triloba. Asimina triloba Lots more dead Aucuba below Hardy and Berts Nursery. dead Aucuba Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ has always looked sickly….

15th November

…two ago below Hardy & Berts Old Nursery bed when we were looking at ilex species in the garden. No flowers if it is an Osmanthus but no berries either…

20th November

…& Berts Nursery Bed (they were the gardeners who created it in the (?) 1920s). Ivy shoots 2019 – CHW First flower this season on Polyspora longicarpa already on the…