…name is now Fuchsia magallanica var molinae whereas the ‘true’ ‘Alba’ has a pink corolla! JCW collected fuchsia species in the 1930s and this, like Fuchsia gracilis and Fuchsia riccartonii,…

…left. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Fuchsia excorticata just coming out. Fuchsia excorticata Fuchsia excorticata Strong winds turn over the Magnolia grandiflora leaves on the top wall to reveal their reddish…

…have perhaps 50 varieties. Today there are perhaps a dozen and I readily admit to having forgotten all the names. Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection Fuchsia collection…

…nice new entry in the catalogue one day. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ 2015 – CHW A plant in the Higher Quarry Nursery has been another…

…them on the then leafless tree. A bizarre performance from a spring fuchsia but it is a New Zealand native! Fuchsia exorticatica Fuchsia exorticatica 2015 – CHW On holiday, having…

…Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Hypericum canariense looked tender but survived the winter here. Hypericum canariense Hypericum canariense Poterium spinosum – Prickly burnet from Crete looks…

…leaves had dropped last November. Here it is again in late March with new flowers coming out as the leaves re-emerge. Amazing even for a fuchsia. Yes Fuchsia exorticatica would…

…Rockery is full out now. Much less tall growing that Fuchsia ‘Riccartonii’. Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis A clump of (I think) Iris…

…I had not seen it in flower before. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Arauco’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Arauco’ The Hydrangea paniculata varieties just coming into flower. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ looking very fine. Hydrangea paniculata…

…Rhaphiolepsis umbellata is setting seed. Rhaphiolepsis umbellata The climbing Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ has its first three flowers. Planted last year and doing well. Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ 2016…

…Hydrangea ‘Mme. E. Mouilliere’ Fuchsia hatschbachii planted only this spring has made enormous growth and is flowering away well as a freestanding garden shrub. Fuchsia hatschbachii Fuchsia hatschbachii Vitex agnuus…

…but sadly the leaders have been pruned out by someone who failed to realise that it is a climbing fuchsia! Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ has been…

…Some flowers black at first then fading to red while others stay black? Fuchsia ‘Blacky’ Fuchsia ‘Blacky’ Fuchsia ‘Blacky’ Strobilanthes wallichii has grown now to a decent size and its…

…Fuchsia hatsbachii Fuchsia hatsbachii 2018 – CHW A younger form of Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ with less pink blotching in the flowers than the old plant on the Top Wall. Camellia…

…left after the leaves have fallen. Not the only fuchsia still out by any means! Fuchsia gracilis 2015 – CHW Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ is out outside the front gate. Two…

…Postill’ still not quite out yet. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ Fuchsia exorticatica full out as usual when you look closely and loads of bud to come. Fuchsia exorticatica Fuchsia exorticatica…

…Cuttings taken! Fuchsia glazioviana Fuchsia glazioviana Fuchsia glazioviana Blepharocalyx cruckshankii from Chile was one of the remarkable new plants from today. Clearly closely related to Myrtus or Ugni with similar…

…Acacia melanoxylon Rhododendron scabrifolium var. scabrifolium still just alive above the top wall under the Acacia melanoxylon. Rhododendron scabrifolium var. scabrifolium Fuchsia excorticata just showing. Fuchsia excorticata Fuchsia excorticata The…

…flush of flower again now. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Two of the four new species of Hedychium planted on the top wall last autumn seem to be evergreen…

…Fuchsia exorticatica FUCHSIA excorticata – What better for the front of a border by the castle than the highly scented Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ / ’Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’. The two plants are…