1st August

…x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicear x heckrotii ‘Gold Flame’ – if true to name?…

27th July

Lonicera ‘Rhubarb and Custard’ Lonicera henryi (evergreen) seems a better plant to me and was performing well in the tunnels. Lonicera henryi Lonicera henryi Lobelia excelsa will become popular –…

30th January

…(A393). beech tree A fine huge clump of the semi evergreen Lonicera fragrantissima on the roadside by the nursery entrance and near The Copper House. Lonicera fragrantissima Lonicera fragrantissima A…

31st January 1897 – 2020

Lonicera nitida ‘Tidy Tips’ Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ is full out as one would expect. Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ Osmanthus yunnanensis full out as well. Osmanthus yunnanensis So…

6th June

…Cone’ which sold immediately. Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Lonicera giraldii interesting. Lonicera giraldii Lonicera giraldii Machilus yunnanensis on the Burncoose stand. Machilus yunnanensis Huodendron tibeticum on…

10th May

…it to us originally. Cercis canadensis ‘Lavender Twist’ Cercis canadensis ‘Lavender Twist’ A clump of Lonicera japonica growing on an old stump. Lonicera japonica Lonicera japonica I wonder what this…

31st May

Lonicera lanceolata Lonicera lanceolata Below the Rabbit Warren is the unusual shrubby honeysuckle (from Crug) Lonicera lanceolata. Not one to rush for but different and worth propagating. Weigelia ‘Florida Variegata’…

20th June

…a perfect rockery plant to grow perhaps with Fuchsia procumbens? Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Stewartia pteropetiolata is just coming out. Still plenty of flowers to follow….

10th July

…a species I had never seen before. Lonicera implexa Lonicera implexa Lonicera implexa What I assume is Schizophragma hydrangeoides (perhaps ‘Rose Sensation’?) with a fine show on the wall of…

20th November

…on Datura sanguinea in November! Datura sanguinea Berries on a new species of lonicera to us – Lonicera crassifolia which is clearly evergreen. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Autumn tints on…

18th April

…to Burncoose (on the bank above Hovel Cart Road above the Osmanthus with wrinkled/prickly leaves and beside the Exochorda). Lonicera involucrata Lonicera involucrata Lonicera involucrata 2020 – CHW I suppose…

21st June

…try for this in our 2018 catalogue. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia The sycamores are setting a plentiful crop of seed very early in this 10 day long heatwave….

12th May

…Rhododendron ‘Germanica’ Rhododendron ‘Germanica’ Now a real oddity for Chelsea. Lonicera subaequalis ‘Ogisu’. A very blue hue to the leaves and extraordinary flowers. One to make the judges think. Lonicera

11th February

…morning alone. The telehandler unloads a lorry The telehandler unloads a lorry Berries on Lonicera alseuosmoides which I have seen before. Lonicera alseuosmoides Black berries on Lonicera crassifolia which I…

9th October

…enjoy. The other was a spreading prickly shrub down Bond Street yesterday which may not be a Zanthoxylum. I will picture it soon. Lonicera? Lonicera? Vitex agnus castus just out…

13th February 1897 – 2020

…larger flowers than Lonicera fragrantissima. A hint of pink. Lonicera infundibulum rockii Grevillea micheliana ‘Maroka’ was nice as well. Quite a large shrub. Grevillea micheliana ‘Maroka’ Euphorbia x pasteurii is…

11th February 1897 – 2020

…A Wilson introduction. I had not seen the berries on our nursery plants before. Lonicera alseuomoides Lonicera alseuomoides 2018 – CHW Off to the greenhouse to pick out different piles…

16th October

…Hornet’ Another new entry for the 2021 catalogue is Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ which is a small growing shrubby honeysuckle with (today) startling red fruits. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ Lonicera

16th March 1897 – 2020

…A 10 foot tall shrub with a similar spread. Not what I imagined in maturity when we added this to our catalogue last year. Lonicera setifera Lonicera setifera Camellia transnokoensis…

21st July

…a terrible spring and early summer with turnover well down. Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ a good thing. Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ Lonicera ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ and Lonicera similis var. delavayi. Lonicera ‘Dropmore Scarlet’…