22nd July

…vigorous grower Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ – starts as a pink lacecap and fades to green and…

27th July

…in full flower. Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ excellent on the drive. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Sunset’ looking good down opposite the lodge. Hydrangea ‘Sunset’ Hydrangea ‘Selma’ quite…

3rd July

…out despite the strimmer badly hurting the main stem in last summer’s grass cut. Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ is just starting to show. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks

5th July

…Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ just full out. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ (pale pink form) nearly over. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Still flowers on Magnolia globosa. Magnolia…

29th July

…flower than ‘Fireworks Blue’ and ‘Fireworks Pink’. Hydrangea ‘You and Me Together’ 2020 – CHW A three year from planting Embothrium leaping ahead in a perfect position. Hot and dry…

2nd December

…now been out since late June. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Hidden beside it is a Rhododendron moupinense full out in the shade. The odd flower photographed a week or two…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…should propagate. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Bomarea cassaldii (perhaps) was full out which was strange. The Burncoose one flowers in early Autumn and then dies down to ground level for…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…just starting to flower as a large shrub under glass. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ An unnamed wild collected Hedychium which Tom gave us a plant of last year. Tender and…

25th December

…‘Winton’ and Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Still a flower on Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Pink’. Rather better than the show on ‘Fireworks’ which we saw a few days ago. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Pink’ I…

2nd March 1897 – 2020

…November in this blog. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Rather odd to be filming (live) outside the front door with Lizzie watching it live on TV at the same time 12ft…

4th August

…new growth on Quercus phellos. Quercus phellos Pink and blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ together. Pink and blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Pink and blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ See what a hit this clump of…

4th July

…so this may be the last you see of this rare-ish variety. Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ is just coming out ahead of the pink and…

22nd April

…Mr Hodge visited JCW in 1924. Perhaps a niveum x argenteum cross? ‘Hodges Pink Argenteum’ Jasminum duclouxii in the greenhouse. Jasminum duclouxii Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Rhododendron nuttallii…

18th March

…new and impressive. I have not seen this in flower before. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Cornus officinalis in flower in a pot which is unusual. Cornus officinalis Acanthus mollis ‘Rue…

13th July

…‘Hobella’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ The Harrow hybrid rhododendrons on Hovel Cart Road are now full out. Harrow hybrid rhododendrons Harrow hybrid rhododendrons In Tin…

14th August

…seed this year. later flowering scented rhododendrons Plenty of seeds however this year on Michelia doltsopa, which is a surprise. Michelia doltsopa Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ in full shade and, so…

5th January

…of cut laurel to protect nearby rhododendrons branches of cut laurel to protect nearby rhododendrons The last of Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ First flowers on Camellia lutchuensis. Camellia lutchuensis 2024…

22nd December

…several times in recent weeks but Jaimie beat me to it. Camellia ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Flowers still on Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Suddenly the first flowers on just one branch of…

18th December

…last spring. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa A tail end flower on Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ without any hints of red by Georges Hut. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Most of the buds on a young…

8th December

…Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ now full out. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Sophora microphylla ‘Dragons Gold’ is out on time. Sophora microphylla ‘Dragons Gold’ Correa ‘Dusky Bells’ covered in flower. Correa ‘Dusky Bells’ Schefflera pauciflora…