…taller growing the colour mix is very similar to Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosume’ as I have argued before. Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ A…

…but this one is quite nice although the early picotee edge has faded here. Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ A good clump of…

…Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’. Very like the Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosumi’ in my old hydrangea reference book in fact! Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ 2016 – CHW The…

…Large Mollicomata not out but others at their best. Campbellii the same but later than Robusta. Daffodils late and ground very wet, still hail showing. Blood Reds going over, also…

…like this. Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ Magnolia ‘First Love’ is new to us and certainly an unusual mix of colours (Area 27). Magnolia ‘First Love’ Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ has been recommended…

…Rhodda’s Cornish Cream. Rhodda’s Cornish Cream The pulpit crammed with roses. pulpit crammed with roses Cornish slate – Delabole. Cornish slate – Delabole Cornish granite – Lantoom. Cornish granite –…

…franciscana ‘Blue Gem’ Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ just emerging. Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ in full shade. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ Hydrangea ‘R.F. Felton’ – huge flowers. Hydrangea ‘R.F. Felton’ Hydrangea…

…japonica ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia japonica ‘Anemoneflora’ Camellia japonica ‘Anemoneflora’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jenefer Carlyon’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jenefer Carlyon’ Camellia japonica ‘Love Light’ Camellia japonica ‘Love Light’ Camellia japonica ‘Cornish…

…blue or pink. Reliable flowerer. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ – silly name but good variety. Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Selina’ – not much in the trade now…

…the Spring Show later next week. Very wet overnight (yet again) and now a cold east wind. Cloudy and not encouraging for visitors.Enkianthus chinensis looks good to go. Three ancient…

…flowers in late May or early June. Much friendly banter! Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Is this Acer pentaphyllum? Not in leaf as yet and not on planting plan. Having watched…

…very late flowering white magnolia on Bond Street below the 4-in-Hand. It is so vigorous and so late that I think it must be the white form of Magnolia x…

…we have several clumps. There is an attractive orange centre to the somewhat sparse flowers. late flowering Ghent azalea variety late flowering Ghent azalea variety I thought I had seen…

…impressed how Magnolia ‘Helena’ has survived the severe weather. Magnolia ‘Helena’ Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’) at its absolute best in the Isla Rose. Out too late for the spring show….

…in flower. Other species not quite out as yet. Trillium grandiflorum Boronia crenulate in full flower. We have not stocked this tender species for a while. Boronia crenulate Photinia x…

…flower on a magnolia just below Donkey Shoe. An unusual colour and very late but the label has vanished. Need to check 2018/9 planting plans which are with Jaimie for…

…acers A quick visit to Roseland House garden to buy a few unusual greenhouse climbers for our show tunnel. There I find the climbing herbaceous plant Malvastrum lateritium. Malvastrum lateritium…

…of the recently prevailing east wind. droppings Quercus insignis with, as yet, none of the dieback to the late summer/autumn new growth which the cold winds and frosts usually inflict…

…than ‘Star of Toscane’ which Burncoose does stock I think. Trachelospermum ‘Star of Milano’ Trachelospermum ‘Star of Milano’ Potentilla fruticosa ‘Mango Tango’ clearly a late flowerer – not bad. Potentilla…

…a second flush now accompanies the latest rain induced growth. Buddleia ‘Harlequin’ Buddleia ‘Harlequin’ Buddleia ‘Harlequin’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ is now in flower and a rather good yellow it…