2nd June

…beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon 2021 – CHW Preparing for Rick Stein’s filming this afternoon and identifying what is best in the garden to film….

Irish trip April 2018

…and trailing not green as here. Dacryarpus dacrydiodes Dacryarpus dacrydiodes Dacryarpus dacrydiodes Chamaecyparis nookatensis ‘Jubilee’ was a fine feature plant with a pencil shape. Chamaecyparis nookatensis ‘Jubilee’ Chamaecyparis nookatensis ‘Jubilee’…

24th May

…royal event. The stand The stand The stand Vanda ‘Platinum Jubilee’ Vanda ‘Platinum Jubilee’ The day is marked by three severe thunderstorms and a clap of thunder directly overhead causes…

4th March

…Our 2022 Jubilee planting of Malus in the Old Kitchen Garden has been formally recorded as part of The Queen’s Canopy map and is there as historical record for all…

4th May

…Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Rhododendron ‘Jubilee Queen’ (loderi ‘Venus’ x Rose du Barri – 1935) Rhododendron ‘Jubilee Queen’ (loderi ‘Venus’ x Rose du Barri…

26th June

…normal. Nice new plants seen there. Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ looked an especially good new herbaceous form with big colour changes in the flower colour as…

17th August

…Fruits Carmine’ and Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Carmine’ and Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’ Monarda ‘Knight Violet’ and…

3rd June

…long bank holiday weekend. The Jubilee service at St Pauls served as a backdrop. Styrax japonicus ‘Sohuksan’ (‘Emerald Pagoda’) is, as usual, the first of the styrax to be out…

4th June

…here. An azalea gall 2022 – CHW Four hours of welcome heavy rain overnight and more to come to dampen the Jubilee festivities. rain Another decent plant of Pterostyrax psilophyllus…

2nd July

…the first time is a disaster. Burncoose magnolias being decimated by rabbits. Two new jubilee planted magnolias have wire netting guards but none of the others. The recently planted camellias…