…‘Eureka Blue’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ – groundcover with dark leaves. Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ – blue at first fading quickly. Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ Geranium ‘Blue…

…The commanding view of the house over the valley. the house Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ makes a huge clump. Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ And set beside Sanguisorba hakusanensis ‘Lilac…

…hungaricus Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ – an attractive colour. Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ with dark brownish leaves and contrasting bright flowers. Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Geranium ‘Orkney…

…and Podocarpus totara. Lilium superbum and Podocarpus totara Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s Double’ and Podocarpus totara. Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s Double’ and Podocarpus totara Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Wargrave Pink’. Geranium ‘Rozanne’…

…display beds for the public. Honnor and Jeffery win again. A wonderful clump of Geranium ‘Russell Prichard’. Geranium ‘Russell Prichard’ And a huge clump of Geranium ‘Rozanne’. Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Berries…

…‘Millenium’ Allium ‘Millenium’ 2024 – CHW A visit to the next door garden designed, in 2015, by Arabella Lennox-Boyd.Massive leaves on Bergenia ciliata alongside Geranium ‘Rozanne’. Bergenia ciliata alongside Geranium…

…‘Acropolis’ Narcissus ‘Acropolis’ Narcissus ‘Moondragon’ Narcissus ‘Moondragon’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ 2019 – CHW Still no rain!A flower on…

…flower. Biggest I have ever seen by far. Geranium maderense Geranium maderense What can one say of these horrors among the vines? Horrors among the vines! Quercus bushii? No, I…

…come up with an alternative. Of course not! Here are a few of the other Plant of the Year entries which I liked: Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Intense’ Geranium x cantabrigiense…

…things seen included:Two new and good agapanthus – most not yet out: Agapanthus ‘Ever Sapphire’ Agapanthus ‘Ever Sapphire’ Agapanthus ‘Lapis Lazuli’ Agapanthus ‘Lapis Lazuli’ An excellent Geranium too: Geranium ‘Azure…

…flower Geranium maderense. I assume that the sun has bleached the pink-purple flowers white or is this G. palmatum? Either way pure white flowers do not fit the bill! Geranium…

…‘Aureus’ was very fine in the front garden. Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’ Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’ Rosa ‘American Pillar’ and Clerodendrum bungei. Rosa ‘American Pillar’ Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Erigeron karvinskianus. Geranium ‘Rozanne’…

…flower as in early July last year. Verbena rigida grows less tall than V. bonariensis and is just as pretty. Verbena rigida Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’, with its brownish leaves, is…

…Red Bicolour’ ‘Summerdaisy Red Bicolour’ If I was an insect Gaillardia ‘Flamenco Bicolour’ would look very similar to the above. Gaillardia ‘Flamenco Bicolour’ Geranium pyrenaicum ‘Bill Wallis’ with tiny blue…

…Geranium robertianum, Herb Robert, which is common but normally out in May. Geranium robertianum Lotus pedunculatus or Large Birdsfoot-trefoil I think rather than Lotus corniculatus but I could well be…

…fraseri ‘Magical Volcano’ Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ is an evergreen sub-shrub unlike the other herbaceous penstemons. Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Salvia ‘Purple…

…one Burncoose stocks. Salvia ‘Amethyst Lips’ Geranium ‘Pink Penny’ had large and heavily veined flowers. Geranium ‘Pink Penny’ Young hounds at the IoW Hunt Stand. Young hounds 2023 – CHW…

…‘Appleblossom’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ – superb groundcover. Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’ without any winter colour but unusual none the less. Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’ Absurdly named but…

…Lavender Bubbles’ Geranium ‘Hocus Pocus’ with near black leaves. Geranium ‘Hocus Pocus’ 2020 – CHW Sloes forming up nicely but only just colouring up at the back of The Cottage….

…Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’. Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’ Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’ The gingers have still not died down. gingers Newly delivered…