3rd August

…– medium-tall growing. Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’ – taller growing and very floriferous. Not quite as dark as Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’? Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’ Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’…

14th February

…‘Felix Jury’ The Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden today. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii First flowers out on Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ A Magnolia campbellii Alba…

25th July

…‘Okavango’ – big flower and quite unusual. Crocosmia ‘Okavango’ Crocosmia ‘Okavango’ Geranium ‘Eureka Blue’ – another nice blue but the name might sell it. Geranium ‘Eureka Blue’ Geranium ‘Eureka Blue’…

27th July

…always grown superb blue hydrangeas and must be highly acidic. Interestingly the 2013 planting of the red Hydrangea ‘Heinrich Siedel’ have died. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ blue Proved indeed…

17th April

…Lantern’ – blue and yellow work well together here. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ with its greenish-white semi-double flowers…

6th July

Blue’ is an evergreen sub-shrub unlike the other herbaceous penstemons. Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Salvia ‘Purple Rain’ was spectacular. Salvia ‘Purple Rain’…

13th February

Peter Smithers’ – a darker form from Wisley Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ A Dichroa cynea with fruits. Exotic and unseen by us before. Purple…

11th February

…‘Opal’ – nice flower but poor foliage as yet. Pulmonaria ‘Opal’ Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ – a startling blue for February. Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ The telehandler unloads a lorry – a…

11th March

…Giant’ would make an easy spring bulb pot sale with little effort. Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Rhododendron Nimrod Group was very fine….

20th February

…and still looks fantastic. These pictures show the colour range on the opened flowers. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Branches laden with flowers blown off the original Magnolia campbellii….