…crop of flowers are over and have turned greenish with red-purple tints? Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Visit Sheila to hear the good…

…a toad’s mouth opening. The only vaguely similar shaped flower I know is Clerodendron. Carrierea calycina Carrierea calycina Carrierea calycina Carrierea calycina Looking good in the nursery today: Nepeta subsesillensis…

…pink before they finally brown off. Quite an array of colours when you look closely at the same time. A valuable plant! Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouillere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouillere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame…

…by being cut to the ground every 15 to 20 years or so. Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere 1989 – FJW The garden…

…Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Styrax wuyuanensis at its absolute best but a bit droopy from the rain and weight of the flowers….

…Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ My favourite daffodil is Narcissus ‘King Alfred’ with its huge trumpets. These are at the Top Lodge but there used to be a clump opposite the front door….

…full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ ‘King Alfred’ daffodils in Kennel Close. The first clump to flower here. ‘King Alfred’ daffodils But Prunus ‘Kursar’…

…times through last year in this diary starting in May I seem to remember. Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ A Hydrangea quercifolia clump still with a full set of…

…flowers just coming out. How extraordinary is that in February! Perhaps this old plant is something special to propagate from. Remind Asia. Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ First flowers…

…ram in this group of rams is a (castrated) ‘teaser’. black ram As last year, a few decent flowers still on Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea…