…Heuchera ‘Fire Chief’ Heuchera ‘Fire Chief’ Heucherella ‘Kimono’ – a particularly fine new one with flower stalks forming already. Heucherella ‘Kimono’ Heucherella ‘Kimono’ Paeonia tenuifolia just starting to flower. Superb…

…‘Cherokee Chief’ Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ just colouring up but not yet at its best. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ 2022 – CHW Interesting to see…

…‘Exburyensis’ just turning yellow. Very similar to C. ‘Rothschildianus’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Acer pseudosieboldianum with good red tints. Acer pseudosieboldianum Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ turning nicely. Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Acer…

…yunnanense. Crabiodendron yunnanense Acer takesimense showing good autumn colour. Acer takesimense Acer takesimense Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ with similarly good red and purple colouring. Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Rhododendron keysii…

…Bright’ full out above the greenhouse. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ 2020 – CHW If you have been pondering on the demands of our own chief medical officers and…

…decreed that country houses open and with visitor businesses are not eligible (in Scotland) for the government grants. How remarkably petty and spiteful (but typical) of them! Their chief medical…

…key drugs. Scaremonger in chief would be a good title for the BBC lefties. I suspect the government will argue this is fake news and they may well be right….

…was driven by the mainstream media acting in support of dubious science. The chief government scientific advisor, Professor Ferguson, is also in the pay of the pharmaceutical companies and the…

…as I speculated in this diary five or six weeks ago. Herd immunity is happening (as the chief medical officer let slip at an early press briefing) and would have…

…species liners Luma apiculata self-sown seedlings from Caerhays now potted up. Luma apiculata self-sown seedlings Luma apiculata self-sown seedlings Louisa, the chief propagator, keeps stock plants for cuttings of Rhododendron…

…Chief’ or so I look up. Rhododendron ‘Rubicon’ A superb Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’. Plastered in flower and by far the best thing in the garden today. Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ Cornus…

…canon to add to the festivities. flag canon Buttonholes of Rhododendron maddenii and Magnolia virginiana. Buttonholes Buttonholes RJW and Beatrice. RJW and Beatrice The chief photographer gets into his swing….