…crab apple. crab apple A golden hop dominates an apple tree. golden hop Flowers forming on Humulus lupus ‘Aureus’. Humulus lupus ‘Aureus’ A fine display of potted Hostas. Hostas Hosta…

…Surprise’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Hosta sieboldiana elegans in full flower. Hosta sieboldiana elegans Hosta sieboldiana elegans 2017 – CHW A superbly fine and sunny day for the…

…Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’. Nearly, but not quite, edible. Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ As fine a show of flower on Hosta fortunei ‘Aureomarginata’ as I can remember on any Hosta…

…to all that a cock up is emerging.Bowdens used to be simply a hosta company and now they have acquired a fern business as well. Quite what ferns and hostas…

…peculiar new hosta with crinkled leaves which I did not like but some might well! Hosta Thalictrum delavayi ‘Album’ at its absolute best. Four to six feet tall and perfect…

…us as pretty fair.Meanwhile consternation on the hosta/railway stand with the boss saying to me ‘Yes, Charlie, I know about plants not railway carriages’. The plants are pretty crap though…

…‘The Apothecary’ ‘The Apothecary’ Beside the altar a magnificent ‘Transport’ with a cart and unusual but effective combinations of Hosta, laurel, ferns, chrysanthemum and Alstroemeria. Beside the alter ‘Smithy’ St…

…affinis ‘Cristata the King’ Pinus parviflora Pinus parviflora Pinus parviflora Podophyllum versipile ‘Spotty Dotty’ and Hosta sieboldiana ‘Frances Williams’. Podophyllum versipile ‘Spotty Dotty’ A mature plant of Ginkgo biloba ‘Menhir’…