30th July

…is different though. Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’ is probably sufficiently different and bicolor to make it a useful addition to the catalogue if we can…

9th June

…‘bright red’ or ‘crimson’. I would say the former. Cestrum fasciculatum Cestrum fasciculatum Cestrum fasciculatum Philadelphus pekinensis with faintly scented creamy then white flowers. Philadelphus pekinensis Deutzia pulchra is a…

6th January 1897- 2020

…if the buds are obvious yet. Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Also at Heligan a solitary early flower on Lonicera fragrantissima with plenty of leaf still on the bush. Lonicera fragrantissima…

15th April

…growth. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ is a new one to us but clearly in the ‘Peachy’/’Daybreak’ category. Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Cestrum ‘Newellii’ full out…

11th May

Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Another Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ still in new growth in full shade. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Fagus sylvatica…

10th June

…is the marketing team from Idenna. Idenna Isoplexis canariensis Isoplexis canariensis Cestrum parquii Cestrum parquii 2023 – CHW Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ12217) trying to flower. Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ12217) Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ12217)…

7th July

…‘Alba’ Galega x hartlandii ‘Alba’ Cestrum elegans – the true form and not what we have sometimes seen under this name in the nursery. What grows on the top wall…

29th September

…Euonymus europaeus ‘Red Cascade’ plastered in seed pods. Euonymus europaeus ‘Red Cascade’ Cestrum nocturnum flowering away well. Cestrum nocturnum Sorbus ‘Autumn Fire’ with fruit but, as yet, no autumn colour….

11th October

…secondary new growth. Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Sycoparrotia semidecidua with bold yellow tints. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Acacia rhetinodes full flower in a tunnel. Acacia rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum

8th December

…rankanensis Leptospermum scoparium ‘Pink Cascade’ surprisingly full out. It has its seasons muddled in this mild wet autumn. Leptospermum scoparium ‘Pink Cascade’ As does Cestrum ‘Cretan Purple’. Cestrum ‘Cretan Purple’…

12th June

…Moore. Deutzia calycosa Deutzia calycosa Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose and Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’. Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose Viburnum wrightii. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum betulifolium ‘Hohuanshan’ from Taiwain. A Crug Farm introduction…