…– CHW Two cherry trees by the sales point are superb today. Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’). Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Ichiyo’…

…garden No idea what this is? No idea what this is Red currants. Red currants Clematis montana with just a hint of pink. Clematis montana Clematis montana var. rubens growing…

…of the bunch. Certainly 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’)…

…utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ (Wakehurst Chocolate is easier) is another good new birch variety. The bark will become better but it isn’t bad now. Betula utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ Betula…

…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…

…Staphylea holocarpa var. rosea smashed up by the rain. Staphylea holocarpa var. rosea Another drought casualty now showing up. Another drought casualty Acacia verticillata looking very fine today. Acacia verticillata…

…the majority of the other evergreen azaleas. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ (let us forget the Japanese name here) living up to its name perfectly. Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ Prunus ‘Chocolate…

…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…

…after this wet summer. Another Camellia, cut back, dug up and moved Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ (previously, but incorrectly, known as M. ‘Sunrise’) with a fine showing of secondary flowers…

…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…

…after planting. Formerly called Pterocarya paliuris. A medium sized tree with disc winged (rather than two winged) fruit. Cyclocarya paliuris Rhododendron ‘Jock’ and Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Jock’ Embothrium lanceolatum…

…growing buddleia but the US bred ‘Buzz’ varieties are smaller growing, more dwarf, and have larger flowers. Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ and ‘Empire Blue’ have been superseded by ‘Buzz Indigo’ /…

…of the year and is 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’…

…Camellia saluenensis 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…

…is growing vigorously at 2 feet or so a year. Flowers nearly over today. Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora Camellia sasanqus ‘Showa-no-sake’ in bud. Camellia sasanqus ‘Showa-no-sake’ Vivid red secondary new…

…much quicker growing tree than other species and forms of Liquidambar growing in Kennel Close. Liquidambar acalycina Cyclocarya paliurus was thought to be a species of Pterocarya but it has…

…fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ particularly striking today. Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ A novelty Aquilegia now in the Burncoose catalogue this year! A. viridiflora ‘Chocolate Soldier’. Yellowish ‘granny’s bonnets’ then turn…

…‘Beelicious Pink’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Belle de Loire’. Salvia x jamensis ‘Belle de Loire’ Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’ Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’ Cosmos atrosanguineus ‘Cherry Chocolate’…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Mahonia x savilleana – Clone 7 – is at least growing away…

…this in the reference books. From Roundabarrow I assume. Tilia zamoyskiana Malus ‘Jelly King’ (“Mattfru”) of New Zealand origin showing off for the first time properly here. No crab apples…