…cleistocarpus Itea yunnanensis in full flower with incredibly long flower tassels against a wall. Far better than Itea ilicifolia when you see it like this. Itea yunnanensis Itea yunnanensis Itea…

…CHW A decent thunderstorm breaks over Burncoose. The Hemerocallis bed in all its glory. Hemerocallis bed Itea Illicifolia with its enormous tassles. Itea Illicifolia Itea Illicifolia Vinca minor ‘Atropurpurea’ in…

…flowers from the stem. Amazing bark. 30 or 40 feet or so already. Styrax tonkinense Styrax tonkinense Styrax tonkinense Itea coreacea with just a few dangling panicles of flowers. Itea…

…Yucca gloriosa in full flower. Yucca gloriosa Yucca gloriosa An elderly but very healthy Itea ilicifolia in full show. Itea ilicifolia 2017 – CHW Philip Knuckey has won a gold…

…the Chimonanthus praecox behind it which is still green. Cercis glabra Ilex verticillata berrying earlier than usual. Ilex verticillata Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ also living well up to its name….

…umbellata. Rhaphiolepsis umbellata Grevillea juniperina sulphurea just in flower. Grevillea juniperina sulphurea Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ earning its name! Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Hebe franciscana ‘Variegata’ (‘Silver Queen’) still in…

…media ‘Buckland’ Mahonia x media ‘Buckland’ Mahonia x media ‘Buckland’ The autumn colour on Itea virginica was a stunning red. Itea virginica 2015 – CHW Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ got my…

…urvilleana ‘Variegata’ Tibouchina urvilleana ‘Variegata’ Itea virginica ‘Merlot’ with autumn colours. Itea virginica ‘Merlot’ 2019 – CHW Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ has been more or less blown away recently and its…

…Carpinus laxiflora Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ going ahead well. tea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ tea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ 2024 – CHW Ross is felling a couple of oaks which threaten the…

…a few flowers! Itea yunnanensis Calycanthus chinensis Calycanthus chinensis 2017 – CHW A trip to Eddington’s Nursery outside Nettlestone. Last year everything was new. Now the sample herbaceous border has…