25th June

…Huge flowers. Hypericum augustinii Hypericum augustinii Hypericum augustinii Hypericum forrestii has a compact habit and the flowers are much smaller but none the worse for that. Hypericum forrestii Hypericum forrestii…

3rd August

…var. fauriei Hypericum beanie (2858) was part of a recent trial of Hypericum at Wisley and, although not mainstream, it was commended. Hypericum beanie (2858) Hypericum beanie (2858) Apple sized…

10th July

…to overcome the drought. Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ Jasminum officinale is nicely out on the wall too and so far untouched by the drought. About a fortnight later into full…

22nd August

…and perhaps the best thing today in the garden. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ is not so ‘little’ now below the wall but its leaves…

26th August

…put in three plants together and there is already quite a clump. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ is turning colour where the sun catches this…

23rd July

…Puya mirabilis. Puya mirabilis Puya mirabilis Huge flowers on the very dwarf growing Hypericum olympicum ‘Citrinum’. Hypericum olympicum ‘Citrinum’ The ‘bamboo fern’, Coniogramme japonica ‘Flavomaculata’, are still tiny liners, but…

1st July

…to flower here. Azalea ‘Gena Mae’ Hypericum forrestii was a gift from Maurice Foster and is developing into a compact shrub. Much smaller growing that H. lancasteri. Hypericum forrestii Hypericum

6th August

…rhododendrons. drought ridden rhododendrons First flowers just out on Hypericum lancasteri. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Grass cutting on Old Park going well. Grass cutting on Old Park 2022 – CHW…

10th September

…oddly shaped light yellow flowers. It seems that this species will make quite a decent shrub in time. Hypericum Hypericum Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ has lovely yellow emerging new foliage…

26th July

…yellow but huge anthers. Hypericum x inodorum Hypericum x inodorum I always admire Dicentra chrysantha which grows as a semi-naturalised plant in between paving slabs in shady a well as…