9th May

…was just coming. Too far out already for Chelsea though. RHODODENDRON ‘Berts Own’ Rhododendron ‘Berts Own’ is nearly over so much of the pink flashing had faded but the scent…

3rd May

…yard has opened in a 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…

24th April

…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 backyard on…

30th May

…by Georges Hut. Looks quite like our own hybrid, ‘Berts Own’. Rhododendron edgeworthii – pink form A newish Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ is plastered in flower although I am not certain…

31st May

…Azaleas Azaleas Azaleas Azaleas Then back down through Hardy and Berts Nursery between the two ferneries. Who Hardy and Bert were I have no idea nor do I ever remember…

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…

15th November

…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 if it…

20th November

…sycamore which Jaimie was pruning below the old Hardy & Berts Nursery Bed (they were the gardeners who created it in the (?) 1920s). Ivy shoots 2019 – CHW First…