…overA second flush of flower on Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’. Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’ Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ Sambucus…

…‘Superb’ Paeonia ‘Duchess of Kent’ Paeonia ‘Duchess of Kent’ Paeonia ‘Delavayi’ – not the usual colour if correctly labelled? Paeonia ‘Delavayi’ – not the usual colour if correctly labelled? Paeonia…

…‘Manhattan Lights’ Rosa ‘Kent’ a new one for the nursery. Rosa ‘Kent’ Also Rosa ‘Sussex’. Rosa ‘Sussex’ Rosea gallica ‘Variegata’ is something rather special. Rosea gallica ‘Variegata’ The hydrangea beds…

…turned out initially not to be what they were supposed to be.Paeonia ‘Superb’ Paeonia ‘Superb’ Paeonia ‘Duchess of Kent’ Paeonia ‘Duchess of Kent’ Paeonia ‘Delavayi’ – not the usual colour…

…Pictures of around 70 ‘new’ (within last 30 years) introductions of woody trees and shrubs to the UK and Maurice’s garden in Kent. Some were his own wild collections, others…

…the members even grew fruit trees (cobnuts and walnuts in Kent). The master and his wife were both QCs and the mistress sat next to my brother at a dinner…

…at work. Presumably a bounty was paid! Orchard growers in Kent certainly did in former years. 2016 – CHW Off to Leslie Baker’s immaculate garden open day in St Austell…

…out but one newer one I planted 30 years ago is still looking as good as scruffy lapagerias ever do and now in flower. Propagated by a Kent grower who…

…better than their counterparts in Hampshire, Kent, and other home counties. Exbury and the Savill Gardens can irrigate but they are the exception.https://youtu.be/xur5ezEm7ygThe big leafed rhododendrons in Burncoose Garden have…

…late season visitors to Caerhays would have something spectacular and completely new to look at. There is only one other national collection of ornamental malus in Kent which specialises in…

…how the early autumn colour is progressing.Cladrastis kentukea at its finest but the yellow leaves which we looked at 10 days ago have already blown off. Cladrastis kentukea Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’…

…Cladastris kentuckea now fully autumnal. Cladastris kentuckea Seeds still not ripe on Magnolia globosa. Magnolia globosa A well nibbled and fallen magnolia seedpod from the Queen Mother’s tree. magnolia seedpod…

…people! I believe in Kent you could get a licence to shoot them in orchards for the same reason until the 1960s. Camellia x williamsii hedge Camellia x williamsii hedge…

…Kent and could not return today on the correct day.So a day to start placing out the new Malus collection in the Kitchen Garden with all hands on deck. 185…

…in Kent who was a retired doctor and a serious Lapageria breeder. We have had four different forms of Lapageria rosea in flower here since September this year. Lapageria Lapageria…

…gardener at Burncoose for 40 years) and David Clulow (magnolia collector and breeder from Kent) both rated this plant very highly. Magnolia mollicomata ‘Tennis Court’ On the way we spot…

…by Maurice Foster who sends me three pictures from his garden in Kent. Magnolia sargentiana robusta (Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick…