5th June

…it is Azalea ‘Bell Merville’. deciduous azaleas deciduous azaleas Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ with white spidery bracts and looking very fine today. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’…

31st July

…A variety of foreign butterflies being fed on oranges and grapes as well as the expected buddleia, hibiscus and lantana. The butterfly bit The butterfly bit The butterfly bit The…

22nd June

…wilting.Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ at its best on Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Styrax wuyuanensis at its absolute best but…

11th June

…with variably curled bracts. The planting records give no clue. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ A pure white evergreen azalea flowering today by Georges Hut. The leaves…

12th April

…(formerly Nuccio’s No 16) – much as its name implies and impressive both in bud and flower. Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ –…

15th November

…A valuable plant! Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouillere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouillere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouillere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouillere’ Larix kaempferi glowing yellowish with a hint of orange/red in the hazy sun. Larix kaempferi…

5th December

…new flowers when the main 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…

27th July

…so. Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere 1989 – FJW The garden is suffering from drought as badly as I have seen it. It…

9th July

…the sauna that was Butterfly World with its associated garden centre. A quick glance at the size of the brambles in the hedges around the car park should have been…

1st October

…elliptica ‘James Roof’ The last pictures of the only half intact crown of the Turkey oak taken from the front door. Turkey oak I do not recognise this tiny butterfly

5th February 1897 – 2020

…February! Perhaps this old plant is something special to propagate from. Remind Asia. Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Jurys Yellow’ beside the drive…

27th December

‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ still has colour at the Red Linney. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ has shed its flowers…

4th January 1897- 2020

…‘Joseph Banks’ still holding colour in January! Less so than last January perhaps. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Likewise Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ still has good white mopheads amid many…

26th April

…rounded yellow fruits C. speciosa ‘Madame Butterfly’ – pink/bicolour C. speciosa ‘Salmon Horizon’ C. speciosa ‘Orange Storm’ C. x superba ‘Apple Blossom’ – pink and white – variegated C. x…

24th April

…just out. Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Staphylea trifoliata is now a small tree and full out. Staphylea trifoliata Staphylea trifoliata Staphylea trifoliata Azalea ‘Greenway’ fronting a Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’…

24th September

…most of its flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ with a second crop of new white flowers alongside the faded flush of its first performance. Hydrangea ‘Madame

29th November

…an excellent Mahonia lomariifolia. The tenants used to run a small nursery here. Mahonia lomariifolia First single flower on Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ Decent flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame

1st January 1897 – 2020

…the first ‘wild’ daffodils Tilia henryana Tilia henryana And still a perfect flower on Hydrangea Madame Mouilliere. Absolutely unbelievable but there it is for all to see. Hydrangea Madame Mouilliere…

23rd December

…of the front door for the festivities. decorations of the front door Still a decent flower on Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ at the Four-in-Hand. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ And one on Hydrangea ‘Madame E…

22nd December

…Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’ Furst flower on Camellia japonica ‘Magnoliiflora’. Camellia japonica ‘Magnoliiflora’ Also on Camellia japonica ‘Margherita…