23rd May

…their website. Did the president choose for everyone? Was the president’s choice the same as the public’s vote? Did Monty and the BBC producers actually muddle the two choices? Certainly…

20th October

…the wire netting. Crinodendron Hedge 2023 – CHW Simon Trudgeon presents his father’s cup at the spaniel Field Trials for the ‘guns choice’. This turned out to be the winner…

19th February

…now become the norm in a world where risk and personal choice are unknown. I blame the insidious health and safety culture which arrived from America (and then got reinforced…

1st March

…flowers this year. Drought I assume. It is, I think, a better colour than campbellii ‘Sidbury’ but that is a personal choice. Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Fallen flowers on the drive…

8th April

…a choice plant which we ought to stock. Cornus nuttallii ‘Pink Blush’ Cornus nuttallii ‘Pink Blush’ Acer sterculiaceum ssp franchettii – an original plant of this survives at Caerhays. Acer…

19th April

…evergreen bush of 12-15ft in height. So peculiar that this makes it a choice plant for any serious collector of New Zealand species. We need to propagate this species a…

23rd June

…will see and live in hope. A dirty campaign by both sides but the choice was simple and made years ago. It will be a long night! 2015 – CHW…

2nd August

…white then turn pale and finally deeper pink. Benefits from pruning. I think this would be my first choice in the paniculata varieties although Hydrangea paniculata ‘Unique’ which is much…

12th November

…edge of the Rookery has been completed. The stumps will be removed when dry in the spring ready for a large new planting of more choice plants. The laurel is…

9th December

…Williams’ Blue tits faced with rather too much choice here to do any real damage to quite so many blooms all out at once. 1968 – FJW November Pink well…

11th December

…and choice plants to enhance the overall themes of the planting plan and especially to give colour and interest right through the year. A combination of colour, fruiting trees and…