23rd August

…wall being installed shortly may well destroy this gorgeous plant which I planted 25 years ago. Campsis radicans Campsis radicans 2016 – CHW Two very different forms of Hydrangea sargentiana….

1st September

…now dug out Campsis grandiflora in the back yard. Campsis grandiflora Campsis grandiflora Cotoneaster confusus well berried this year. Cotoneaster confusus More dying big leaf Rhododendrons with shriveled new growth….

8th July

…quite globose at all. Buddleia globosa Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Grenadene’ is a good new addition to the website. Orange-red on opening then turning redder. Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Grenadene’ Cardiocrinum giganteum…

25th July

…a fine tree. One we need for our Celtis collection. Celtis caucasica Celtis caucasica Celtis caucasica An arched canopy of Campsis radicans ‘Flamenco’. Campsis radicans ‘Flamenco’ Amazing bark on Arbutus…

1st August

…heavy drizzle and sea fret.Thunbergia ‘Battiscombei’ beside the till. Thunbergia ‘Battiscombei’ Campsis grandiflora out a month earlier than usual in the nursery but not yet here. Campsis grandiflora The first…

9th August

…– CHW Campsis grandiflora nearly over on the battlements in the Back Yard. Campsis grandiflora Pied Wagtail chicks in a vent above the Gents loos in the Back Yard. Pied…

14th August

…‘Baby Joe’ Look at the colour change in the flowers on Campsis grandiflora. Campsis grandiflora The first time I have seen seed forming on Chordospartium stevensonii. Chordospartium stevensonii After the…

25th August

…good as the campsis which are now nearly over in the nursery. Podranea ricasoliana Podranea ricasoliana Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ – I have seen this many times at Ventnor Botanics and…