…Its other name is Echium bourgaeanum. Echium wildpretii Echium wildpretii Echium wildpretii Deutzia paniculata (BSWJ 8592) above the drive on from the Four in Hand. The (different) species next to…

…brown and dead or have blown over. Not before scattering seeds everywhere though! Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana Plenty of seed forming on both the original Camellia saluenensis which…

…being the tallest. These cannot be far off that. Echium pininana Echium pininana My father was also very fond of granny’s bonnets which still thrive outside the dining room. granny’s…

…CHW An Echium pininana which did not survive the winter east wind. Echium pininana Tree Echium pininana which did. Echium pininana The very last flower on the 1897 planted Magnolia…

…flowers are 20ft up. Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ Echium pininana and Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ – both full out. Echium pininana Rhododendron ‘Patty Bee’ in the Rockery. Rhododendron ‘Patty Bee’ Vaccinum urceolatum in…

…growth on the Echium pininana seedlings outside the drawing room. These need thinning or removing before they cover the whole window. Echium pininana seedlings View 28th January 1897 – 2020…

…Ho’ x elliottii Jaimie with a huge cut echium spike. One of three we cut, having cut one last week to prove it will last the course in water. echium…

…Library window. Amazing blue flowers which then individually fade to light pinkish. Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana 2016 – CHW We have placed our and planted all the largest…

…growth already well set where there were no buds. Rhododendron ovatum The huge (12-15ft) Echium pininana have burst into flower and the bees are very active. Echium pininana Echium pininana…

…the record height actually is? Echium pininana Echium pininana Staphylea x elegans is also a late flowerer compared to the rest. A tinge of red apparently as the buds open…

…in Tromso, Norway Echium pininana full out already. Echium pininana Echium pininana Lunaria annua (Honesty) brought back from Manley Cottage in Cheshire. Lunaria annua (Honesty) This is labelled and was…

…coccinea. Crassula coccinea Erica cerinthoides – the heath from South African which Burncoose has sold on occasion. Erica cerinthoides Echium gentianoides was a startling blue. Echium gentianoides Echium gentianoides Thymus…

…below Slip Rail. Michael brought back seeds from France and, to my surprise, they are starting to grow away. Ceratonia siligua Echium fastuosum with its attractive seedheads. Echium fastuosum Pyrus…

…sale in their tiny and not very exciting sales area. Agapanthus ‘Whitney’ Echium fastuosum as a branched shrub and spectacular in flower today. Echium fastuosum Echium fastuosum I could find…

…idea for dealing with leylandii! leylandii hedge Echium fastuosum (Echium candicans) covered with attractive seed heads which are nearly as fine as its flowers. Echium fastuosum 2020 – CHW Just…

…Smilax aspera Echium pininana collapsing and dying. This one has already shed its seeds and died. Echium pininana This one has a few weeks to go before it succumbs. Echium…

…repens (Restharrow) Ononis repens (Restharrow) Secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Star Wars’. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Massive seed heads on Echium fastuosum. Echium fastuosum 2023 – CHW The best bits of Ventnor.Fuchsia…

…It is an aristolochia called Aristolochia californica. Aristolochia californica A nice spreading clump of Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Romneya coulteri Romneya coulteri Echium seedlings by the thousand! Echium seedlings Echium…

…Drive. Echium seedlings Echium seedlings My magnolia hybrids from 2017 coming on nicely. magnolia hybrids Malus hupehensis has a nice crop in the Isla Rose Plantation despite the lack of…

…as the stalks seed and die outside the Drawing Room. Echium Echium Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ just out outside the Smoking Room. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ Likewise Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh…