…‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’). Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’). Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’) Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’) Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink…

…Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ – extremely fine peeling bark Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ Prunus…

…Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ looking superb too. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Betula utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ (Wakehurst Chocolate is easier) is another good new birch variety. The bark will…

…a great contrast between leaf and flower as the name implies. Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’) 2016 – CHW A…

…is new to us this year and our first sight of the pale pinkish flower spikes above the dark blackish leaves. Astilbe ‘Chocolate Fascination’ Astilbe ‘Chocolate Fascination’ Paeonia tenuifolia is…

…cordifolia Our new clump of Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ making its first decent show. Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ A particularly dark Dierama by the Old Playhouse….

…powellii full out by the playhouse. Crinum powellii Tertiary small flowers on the adjacent Wisteria. Wisteria Wisteria Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ (one dead, one will be dead shortly and the…

…‘Greenway’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ (let us forget the Japanese name here) living up to its name perfectly. Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ slightly pink in bud…

…few new plants in the 2017 catalogue.Corydalis ‘Chocolate Stars’ is only just starting to reshoot but the leaves really are a delicate brown. Corydalis ‘Chocolate Stars’ Corydalis ‘Chocolate Stars’ Corylopsis…

…Corydalis tenuifolia ‘Chocolate Star’ in full flower. It seems to sell in the nursery before it ever gets this far into flower. Corydalis tenuifolia ‘Chocolate Star’ View 20th April 1897…

…a while. Boronia crenulate Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ particularly striking today. Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ A novelty Aquilegia now in the Burncoose catalogue this year! A. viridiflora ‘Chocolate…

…Very lovely. I have seen it somewhere before but did not know the name. This is Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘Jean O’Neil’ This is Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘Jean O’Neil’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ with…

…macgregorii. Is it really a Chinese Rehderodendron species and not an American Halesia? Halesia macgregorii Good bronze leaves emerging on Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’. This is our second attempt at…

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

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Dierama pulcherrimum on the top wall. Dierama pulcherrimum Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ has…

…well worth propagating. Podocarpus ‘Chameleon’ Podocarpus ‘Chocolate Box’ is a rockery plant really. Two casualties out of five planted. Podocarpus ‘Chocolate Box’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ doing little red or emberish…

…aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ – only 1 of 3 has survived the two droughts and is now making headway. Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Quercus nuttallii is getting away well now on…

…sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Celastrus orbiculatus with a good show in the sales point. Celastrus orbiculatus Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ with larger yellow crab apples than seen…

…A last flower on Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’. Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Symmes Select’ with bees and wasps. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Symmes Select’ The ancient Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ on…

…that is low down enough to photograph. Camellia saluenensis Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ looking superb today by the garden entrance. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ above the Green Gate taken…