27th July
…‘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 – a…
…‘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 – a…
…Helenium ‘Sombrero’ Helenium ‘Sombrero’ Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicear x…
…in the usual rain but improved. Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ out in the sun in the nursery. Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ The herbaceous…
…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…
…attractive in full sun. A rarity but a perfect rockery plant to grow perhaps with Fuchsia procumbens? Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Stewartia pteropetiolata is just coming…
…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 clematis…
…The telehandler unloads a lorry Berries on Lonicera alseuosmoides which I have seen before. Lonicera alseuosmoides Black berries on Lonicera crassifolia which I had not. Ripe and juicy! Lonicera crassifolia…
…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 View 18th April 1897 – 2020…
…Lonicera implexa – 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…
…solar panels. As last year far busier than any of the others – tea rooms overflowing. Aloe parviflora in full flower (Hesperaloe parviflora perhaps?) Aloe parviflora Aloe parviflora Lonicera sempervirens…
…find a flower 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…
…not resist more pictures of the Lonicera crassifolia this time in shade. We must try for this in our 2018 catalogue. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia The sycamores are…
…blue hue to the leaves and extraordinary flowers. One to make the judges think. Lonicera subaequalis ‘Ogisu’ Lonicera subaequalis ‘Ogisu’ Lonicera subaequalis ‘Ogisu’ Parthenocissus ‘Star Showers’ will be great at…
…was bred by Gillian Carlyon. It is almost a Higo camellia in the shape of its stamens. Camellia ‘Hooker’ Camellia ‘Hooker’ Lonicera korokowii Lonicera korokowii Lonicera korokowii This looks like…
…best Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ I have ever seen. Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ Euonymus clivicola. Euonymus clivicola Euonymus clivicola Sarvina. Sarvina Sarvina Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’. Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Lonicera sempervirens…
…‘June Snow’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow 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….
…tree stump at the Four in Hand. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia The conversion of the Hovel barns nears completion but now Western Power cannot connect both properties with electric on…
…‘Dropmore Scarlet’ and Lonicera similis var. delavayi. Lonicera ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ Bergenia cordifolia ‘Rotblum’ out in flower already. Bergenia cordifolia ‘Rotblum’ Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ out earlier than usual as well….
…on Lonicera quinquelocularis ‘Translucens’. Lonicera quinquelocularis ‘Translucens’ Lonicera quinquelocularis ‘Translucens’ A dead, 3-year-old, Viburnum completely ring barked at the base by mice or squirrels. Viburnum completely ring barked at the…
…for us to 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…