…through Pinus omorika. Vinca major 2023 – CHW Two cherry trees by the sales point are superb today. Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’). Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’)…

…utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ (Wakehurst Chocolate is easier) is another good new birch variety. The bark will become better but it isn’t bad now. Betula utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ Betula…

…of the bunch. Certainly a great contrast between leaf and flower as the name implies. Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (syn ‘Chocolate Ice’)…

…Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ – extremely fine peeling bark Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ Prunus…

…cordifolia Our new clump of Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ making its first decent show. Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ A particularly dark Dierama by the Old Playhouse….

…third struggling) is in too hot a position. We need more shade to grow this beautiful variety properly. Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Just about missed the first flowers of Desmodium…

…the majority of the other evergreen azaleas. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ (let us forget the Japanese name here) living up to its name perfectly. Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ Prunus ‘Chocolate…

…is new to us this year and our first sight of the pale pinkish flower spikes above the dark blackish leaves. Astilbe ‘Chocolate Fascination’ Astilbe ‘Chocolate Fascination’ Paeonia tenuifolia is…

…few new plants in the 2017 catalogue.Corydalis ‘Chocolate Stars’ is only just starting to reshoot but the leaves really are a delicate brown. Corydalis ‘Chocolate Stars’ Corydalis ‘Chocolate Stars’ Corylopsis…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Dierama pulcherrimum on the top wall. Dierama pulcherrimum Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ has…

…‘Hot Flash’ in the walled garden. Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ The very dark red Camellia ‘Night Rider’ which also grows at Burncoose. Here a huge bush near the…

…(now 17) too. Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ A wild self sown clump of Primula pulverulenta in a damp spot where little else will grow despite several attempts. Primula…

…aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ – only 1 of 3 has survived the two droughts and is now making headway. Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Quercus nuttallii is getting away well now on…

…Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ above the Green Gate taken from the lawn. Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ is suddenly full out below the Nursery windows. I have been keeping…

…has perhaps taken 15 years for the point to be made though. Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ A clump of Rhododendron ‘Halfdan Lem’ nearby are a splendid…

…well worth propagating. Podocarpus ‘Chameleon’ Podocarpus ‘Chocolate Box’ is a rockery plant really. Two casualties out of five planted. Podocarpus ‘Chocolate Box’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ doing little red or emberish…

…somewhere before but did not know the name. This is Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘Jean O’Neil’ This is Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘Jean O’Neil’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ with its contrasting bronzy new growth by…

…‘Beelicious Pink’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Belle de Loire’. Salvia x jamensis ‘Belle de Loire’ Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’ Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’ Cosmos atrosanguineus ‘Cherry Chocolate’…

…sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Celastrus orbiculatus with a good show in the sales point. Celastrus orbiculatus Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ with larger yellow crab apples than seen…

…‘Kusious’. Magnolia ‘Kusious’ Magnolia ‘Kusious’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ (M. x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’). Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ Magnolia ‘String of Pearls’. Magnolia ‘String of Pearls’ Magnolia…