13th July

‘Cherry Cola’ Heuchera ‘Cherry Cola’ Hemerocallis ‘Autumn Red’ is one we can dig up and split to avoid buying it in for a bit. Hemerocallis ‘Autumn Red’ An unusual oxalis…

6th April 1897 – 2020

…close up, these are small hedgerow cherries with striped cherry bark and no thorns. The blackthorn is growing in amongst the cherry but is not out yet. It might be…

19th July

…covered by nets and plastic covers. They produce a tonne of cherries a day in season. Quite delicious! Godshill cherry farm Godshill cherry farm Godshill cherry farm Godshill cherry farm…

11th July

…hungaricus Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ – an attractive colour. Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ with dark brownish leaves and contrasting bright flowers. Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Geranium ‘Orkney…

18th July

…area. New plants seen were:Digitalis ‘Cherry Brandy’ – growing to about 18’’ in a pot. Digitalis ‘Cherry Brandy’ Digitalis ‘Cherry Brandy’ Scabiosa ‘Warburton’s Pink Mist’ was attractive and a candidate…

30th September

cherry weeping cherry Sorbus prattii with just two clusters of white berries. Sorbus prattii Photinia villosa var. zollingeri rather sparsely berried. Photinia villosa var. zollingeri Photinia villosa var. laevis covered…

15th May 1897 – 2020

…unknown cherry unknown cherry The Rhododendron kiusianum hybrid is very fine and a huge plant well worth propagating. We saw pink and white forms at Windsor but none quite as…

21st April 1897 – 2020

…from Cherry Tree nursery and strongly recommended by them. Magnolia ‘Lu Shan’ Magnolia ‘Lu Shan’ The view across Hovel Cart Road today. view across Hovel Cart Road Magnolia – label…

6th March

…sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Prunus ‘Felix Jury’ nearly out. Very dark pink flowers and an exceptional cherry which I first saw at the…

27th April

…Pittosporum crispulum Paeonia mlokosewitschii. Paeonia mlokosewitschii Paeonia mlokosewitschii Tilia paucicostata which we have recently planted in Tin Garden. Deutzia ‘Cherry Dream’ in the Hilliers Garden Centre. Deutzia ‘Cherry Dream’ Quercus…

28th April

…The best Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ I have ever seen. Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ Euonymus clivicola. Euonymus clivicola Euonymus clivicola Sarvina. Sarvina Sarvina Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’. Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Lonicera…

22nd May

…Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’ Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’ Cosmos atrosanguineus ‘Cherry Chocolate’ – no flowers – 3rd place! Cosmos atrosanguineus ‘Cherry Chocolate’ Agave ‘Praying Hands’- second place. Agave ‘Praying Hands’-…

31st May

…purpurascens Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ Deutzia longifolia (White Form) Deutzia longifolia (White Form) This is another…

19th June

…propagated more. Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ The record cherry tree, Prunus perulata, is flowering nicely when we go to inspect it. The flowers are definitely those of a ‘bird cherry’ and…

28th June

…flower as in early July last year. Verbena rigida grows less tall than V. bonariensis and is just as pretty. Verbena rigida Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’, with its brownish leaves, is…

29th July

…‘Appleblossom’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ – superb groundcover. Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’ without any winter colour but unusual none the less. Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’ Absurdly named but…

25th August

…Burncoose website. Pennisetum ‘Cherry Sparkler’ Pennisetum ‘Cherry Sparkler’ Cyperus eragrotis Cyperus eragrotis Cyperus eragrotis Rudbeckia ‘Summerina Brown’ Rudbeckia ‘Summerina Brown’ Rudbeckia ‘Summerina Electra Shock’ Rudbeckia ‘Summerina Electra Shock’ Not a…

15th October

…shirasawanum with berries and autumn colour. Callicarpa shirasawanum These 3, now enormous, Philadelphus pekinensis were only planted in 2015. Philadelphus pekinensis This Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ has developed…

27th November

…‘Jo-nioi’ with an even better yellow autumn show opposite the shop and to the right of the garden entrance. Not a well-known cherry but splendid in the autumn. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’…

28th November

…Lindera erythrocarpa Lindera erythrocarpa 2021 – CHW Placing out the 18 cherry trees (two of each) in the newly fenced off strip below White Styles with Jaimie. We put in…