12th May

…Argyranthemum ‘Raspberry Ruffles’ Geum ‘Tequila Sunrise’ is another new plant to us and fine for Chelsea. Geum ‘Tequila Sunrise’ Geum ‘Tequila Sunrise’ Rhododendron ‘Graffito’ has shot out since last week…

17th May

…or, rather, up the brock. Some of our Saler cattle in happier times Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ This disastrous news is countered by the arrival of Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’…

26th May

…‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ VIBURNUM plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ VIBURNUM plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ I wonder if we will ever be told the numbers who voted for each of the 10 Plants of the…

7th September

…Jury’ x ‘Genie’ 27. ‘Sunrise, x ‘Atlas’ 28. ‘Sunrise’ x Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ 2020 – CHW Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ still has small green fruits which are far from ripe….

15th March

…‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ is yellow in bud but fades to cream with a pronounced red stripe. Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ Magnolia ‘Avocet’ just out in the Isla Rose…

5th April

…the ‘Japanese’ garden with the first camellias   Views across the ‘Japanese’ garden with the first camellias Views across the ‘Japanese’ garden with the first camellias Views across the ‘Japanese’…

9th April

…it first opens whereas ‘Black Tulip’ is purplish sort of blackish when it first opens. Which is the darkest – see for yourself? MAGNOLIA ‘Sunrise’ MAGNOLIA ‘Sunrise’ 02 Magnolia ‘Sunrise’…

6th April

…named Japanese cherries named Japanese cherries named Japanese cherries Tilia endochrysea looking at its best. Tilia endochrysea Rehderodendron indochinense and Rehderodendron kwangtungense – I doubt either of these new introductions…

19th March

‘Sunrise’ originally here. I need to go and look at the mature plant at the top of Burns Bank and see if there really is a difference? Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’…

23rd May

…(19th). She told us the public voting on Plant of the Decade (10 Plant of the Year winners and our Viburnum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ from 2015) would close ‘tonight’. It actually…

25th July

…‘Dusky Rose’ – groundcover with dark leaves. Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ – blue at first fading quickly. Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ Lots of…

11th August

…after the arrival of greys here in the 1960’s. Pittosporum daphniphyllum Our plant of the decade is taking off – Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’. Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Aesculus parviflora…

13th April

…‘Rozanne’ An excellent Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ in full flower at the cash point. Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ The Trillium sessile are flowering well too. Trillium sessile Trillium sessile 2017 – CHW Still dry…

10th August

…plant blue flowering bog plant An effective combination of Hesperantha ‘Sunrise’ and Hesperantha ‘Snow Maiden’. Hesperantha ‘Sunrise’ A very fine Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ behind the bar. Sadly the admiration…

8th January

…Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’. Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’ Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’ The gingers…

21st May

…var. macrantha 2020 – CHW Voting is underway for the RHS Virtual Chelsea ‘Plant of the Decade’. Our 2015 winner in the form of Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ is one…

19th October

…RHS Plant of the Decade – Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’. Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum just turning. This was a 1991 replacement for the Record Tree destroyed in the…

13th May

…‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ – should be spot on for the show. Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ [ALONGSIDE] Physocarpus ‘Dart’s Gold’ Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ Physocarpus ‘Dart’s Gold’ Zenobia…

30th April

…back in the cool for Chelsea. Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Do not the Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ look a great batch too. This is the larger size. No pink yet…

12th April

…‘Anya’ is a NZ cross but very like a darker M. sprengeri var. diva. Magnolia ‘Anya’ Magnolia ‘Anya’ Magnolia ‘Pastel Sunrise’ x M. ‘Genie’ – not specifically named. First flowering….