5th April

…across 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 A Viburnum x bodnantense…

30th May

…reference book is written by a Fred C Galle. More pictures and less obscure Japanese names would be great. How many times is one asked ‘are azaleas all rhododendrons or…

28th April

…and ‘High Sheriff’). Rhododendron williamsianum x Rhododendron decorum Picrasma quassioides coming into leaf. A Chinese/Japanese small, ornamental, hardy tree with good autumn colour. Picrasma quassioides Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ just out…

16th April

…is also a form of reticulatum but the Japanese recognise several related species from different Japanese regions. Rhododendron reticulatum Rhododendron reticulatum Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’ is another from the same ‘stable’…

22nd April

…fall on his sword and resign but how many NHS bigwigs will he take with him? None presumably! Larix kaempferi, Japanese larch, just coming into leaf. As attractive now as…

7th May

…grown from a Caerhays scion. Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ The best thing today at Wisley were the matsumae Japanese

26th March

…attribute of this Japanese magnolia. So far it does not look to be going to grow too big. A ‘must’ for a smaller garden. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’…

25th October

…of the Japanese Camellia sasanqua in the UK, visited to look at our five elderly sasanqua plants along the castle wall. These date possibly from 1900 or 1902 in the…

4th July

…‘General Sikorski’ Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ and Clematis ‘General Sikorski’ First flower buds on Japanese anemones contrast nicely too with nearly over nepeta. Clever colour and seasonal matches to continue interest…

18th September

…of Japanese anemones. Japanese anemones The Hook Norton dray horses attended the party and were rewarded with pints of beer which they consumed very quickly indeed. dray horses dray horses…