24th April

…copious flower and attractive bark. Cydonia oblonga Cydonia oblonga Cydonia oblonga Cydonia oblonga Dicentra ‘Valentine’ was tall growing and impressively dark in colour. Well worth growing. Dicentra ‘Valentine’ Dicentra ‘Valentine’…

12th June

…Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ is full out already. Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ 2023 – CHW Dicentra scandens in the greenhouse. Dicentra scandens Dicentra scandens Deutzia calycosa; a gift from…

26th July

…sunny areas in Rope Walk. Dicentra chrysantha Dicentra chrysantha We visited Bonchurch near Ventnor to try to see the massive landslip below the main road into Ventnor but could not…

29th May

…bodinieri Diosporopsis bodinieri Rhodiola fastigiata – a sedum like plant Rhodiola fastigiata Rhodiola fastigiata Dicentra ‘Longtrees’ Dicentra ‘Longtrees’ Disporum lechenaultianum Disporum lechenaultianum The Burncoose stand – not very well arranged…

5th June

…quercifolia with its attractive new growth. Quercus quercifolia Quercus quercifolia Dicentra scandens full out. Dicentra scandens I have been puzzled in the nursery as to what this plant was called….

20th July

…from cuttings says Bleddyn so let us get at it. Tibouchina rossa Desmodium elegans in full flower. A delicate blue colour on a tall erect bush. Desmodium elegans Dicentra scandens…