2nd April

…Pants’ rather than Hot Lips] Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ We have older plants of Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ but it is good to…

25th February 1897 – 2020

…for this time of the year. Prunus ‘Kursar’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ – the red striping in the tepals is exceptionally good. Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’…

2nd March

…is now full out in Kennel Close and aptly named. An excellent hybrid not to be confused with ‘Hot Pants’. Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia…

9th June

…on the first flush. Last year this plant had flowers on well into November if not longer as we saw then. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot

9th July

…covered, well into last autumn. No frost to speak of so here it is again. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ These hemerocallis were a gift to my father 40…

2nd December

…the bank the tender Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ remains in full radiant flower. It has survived here for several winters. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot

8th March

…now at its best and thankfully planted right by the path. Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ well worth its place as a pink campbellii type and…

10th March

…‘Wakehurst’ The sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Leonora’ – even better than ‘Leonora’. sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’. Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ 2024 – CHW The…

26th October

…permitting, it will carry on to December. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Fuchsia and Echium seedlings outside the drawing room. The fuchsia looks as if…

1st December

…great in a granite trough outside the estate office as well. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ The first yellow flowers are just out on the…

24th September

…but not clear if it is edible? Macrolepiota procera Macrolepiota procera A good array of salvias in Jaimie’s new garden. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ and Salvia ‘Amistad’. salvias Salvia…

1st November

…stellata Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) not out yet but full of bud. Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) Cytisus ‘Porlock’ in full flower on the lawn. Cytisus ‘Porlock’ Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ and…

22nd July

…interesting new fern which I had not seen before – Cheilanthes lanosa. Cheilanthes lanosa Salvia ‘Deep Blue’. Salvia ‘Deep Blue’ Salvia ‘Amethyst Lips’ is one Burncoose stocks. Salvia ‘Amethyst Lips’…

25th February

…Holman’ yet again. Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ which I was rude about in the past now improving markedly. Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ The Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’…

22nd February

…‘Werrington’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ is good but I need to look up its origin and parentage. Not in the Eisenhut book. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’…

20th September

…x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ flowers on and on into winter. An amazingly showy perennial plant with an enormous flowering season. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ 2019 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’…

23rd February

…The quinces are finally rotting away. quinces Many of the red berries on Ilex kingiana have blown off in the wind. Ilex kingiana Colour showing on Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’. The…

12th November

…Nerine Nerine The very last flower for this year on Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ still in full flower. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ I was asked yesterday what the…

28th December

…Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica is only just out with one or two flowers. Later than usual I think. Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ just goes on and on!…

28th February

…Sensation’ with a flower or two out. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ living up to its name. Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ The Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling in Tin Garden which…