…‘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…

…the other Plant of the Year entries which I liked: Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Intense’ Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Intense’ Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Intense’ Rhododendron ‘Stardust Pink’ (stenophyllum ‘Linearifolium’ refined a bit)…

…Agapanthus ‘Lapis Lazuli’ Agapanthus ‘Lapis Lazuli’ An excellent Geranium too: Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ Also Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ Then on to Busy Bee…

…by far. Geranium maderense Geranium maderense What can one say of these horrors among the vines? Horrors among the vines! Quercus bushii? No, I am wrong, Quercus wislizeni? No label…

…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 the large Rhododendron sinogrande which…

…Another new plant on the website with prospects but it will not flower for quite some time. Teucrium lucidrys ‘Lucky Gold’ In the Burncoose conservatory a perfectly in flower Geranium…

…Rhamnus frangula ‘Fine Line’ Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’. Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’. Tulbaghia ‘Purple Eye’. Tulbaghia ‘Purple Eye’. Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Marvel’. Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Marvel’. Geranium ‘Dreamland’. Geranium ‘Dreamland’. Acer palmatum…

…Clerodendrum bungei. Rosa ‘American Pillar’ Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Erigeron karvinskianus. Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Erigeron karvinskianus Phillyrea angustifolia and Sambucus ‘Black Beauty’. Phillyrea angustifolia and Sambucus ‘Black Beauty’ Rosa ‘Bonica’ is…

…as pretty. Verbena rigida Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’, with its brownish leaves, is a good thing although probably a rockery plant. Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ an improved form…

…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…

…with Photinia serratifolia ‘Pink Crispy’ Photinia 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’…

…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….