19th May

…Passiflora piresii with its bright red flowers. Euptelia pleiosperma Euptelia pleiosperma Passiflora piresii Daphne gemmata Daphne gemmata used to grow here in full shade by the playhouse or perhaps it…

18th March

…in flower. Amazing rare new introduction. Flowers a little like an Acer negundo. Our plants go out next week. Euptelia pleiosperma Euptelia pleiosperma Illicium simonsii – one of many at…

22nd August

…not long ago. Maakia hupehensis Roe deer (buck) damage again – this time on the thin trunk of Euptelia polyandra which was earlier doing well. The bucks must hunt hard…

21st May

…first flower on this young plant. The one down Bond Street has, I think, died over the winter. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Euptelia polyandra with its first set of new…

23rd June

…leaves but is only really pink in bud. ‘Pink Snowbell’ ‘Pink Snowbell’ Euptelia polyandra with a second flush of good new growth after the rain. Euptelia polyandra This is our…

23rd May

…I have never caught in flower before. It used to be called Euptelia daniellii. Swarming with bees and wasps today on the flowers. Come to think of it I am…