19th February

…break this mould of thought. At the nursery today I enjoyed photographing in the gale: Vinca difformis ‘Jenny Pym’ Vinca difformis ‘Jenny Pym’ Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ Sophora…

18th April

…leaf. Amelanchier ovalis ‘Wisley’ Amelanchier ovalis ‘Wisley’ Amelanchier ovalis ‘Wisley’ Amelanchier x weigandii (1985-8373-Kew) Amelanchier x weigandii (1985-8373-Kew) Amelanchier ovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ovalis ‘Jenny Belle’…

3rd April

…used to be a clump opposite the front door. Narcissus ‘King Alfred’ Camellia ‘Dear Jenny’ still looking good this late in the camellia season. Camellia ‘Dear Jenny’ Camellia ‘Dear Jenny’…

9th April

…‘Princess Diana’. Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’. Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia…

1st March

…the garden entrance today than Rhododendron moupinense. Rhododendron moupinense Camellia ‘Dear Jenny’ Camellia ‘Dear Jenny’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Debutante’ and Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ out side by side….

29th April

…‘Wilbur Foss’ Camellia ‘Wilbur Foss’ Camellia ‘Dear Jenny’ Camellia ‘Dear Jenny’ Camellia ‘Cecille Brunazzi’ Camellia ‘Cecille Brunazzi’ Camellia ‘Grand Slam’ Camellia ‘Grand Slam’ 2020 – CHW The government have very…

21st March

…Phoebe Taylor’ is exceptional with huge flowers that droop down a bit from the bush. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ Camellia japonica ‘Dear Jenny’ Camellia japonica ‘Dear Jenny’ A…

6th April

…first flowers: Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier ‘La Paloma’ F.C.C….

20th March

…David and Jenny Knuckey (my long since retired partners from Burncoose) are doing Serena’s flowers. The nursery have failed to send up the bowls or oasis with the stockplants for…

11th August

…when I thought it too was on the way out in the then heatwave. Rhododendron campylogynum 2019 – CHW A visit to Jenny Knuckey, the widow of my former and…