31st July

…on oranges and grapes as well as the expected buddleia, hibiscus and lantana. The butterfly bit The butterfly bit The butterfly bit The butterfly bit Note the quails! Note the…

22nd June

…younger plants especially the newly planted azaleas in Kennel Close which were wilting.Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ at its best on Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame

11th June 1897 – 2020

…records give no clue. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ A pure white evergreen azalea flowering today by Georges Hut. The leaves do not look like it has…

5th June 1897 – 2020

…very fine today. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Aesculus wilsonii seems to flower a fortnight later than all other species. Individual flowers are pink or yellow. Aesculus…

12th April 1897 – 2020

…and flower. Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ – not a million miles away from ‘Captain Rawes’. Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain…

15th November

…hint of 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’…

5th December

…this plant set 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…

13th August

…‘Vanille Fraise’ starting to go pink all over. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Peacock butterfly on a buddleia and on the ground Peacock butterfly Peacock butterfly 2024 – CHW Flower buds…

5th June

…flowers on Hydrangea serratifolia on the top wall from my desk. When I get there they are already over. Hydrangea serratifolia Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ by the greenhouse. Hydrangea ‘Madame

27th July

…are at least 70 years old and have been frequently reinvigorated by being cut to the ground every 15 to 20 years or so. Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere Hydrangea Madame

15th March

…macrocarpa Magnolia ‘Pink Butterfly’ (M. ‘Big Dude’ x M. ‘Vulcan’). Magnolia ‘Pink Butterfly’ Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’ absolutely excellent (M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’). Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’ Magnolia…

9th July

…or so runs in a 20 over mismatch. 2021 – CHW I should not really have bothered to visit the sauna that was Butterfly World with its associated garden centre….

28th August

…over the years. A start has been made on the first 100 or so meters in Butterfly Field. Quite a bit of sone has been dug out of the debris…

1st October

…crown of the Turkey oak taken from the front door. Turkey oak I do not recognise this tiny butterfly enjoying the very last of the knapweed. tiny butterfly The crown…

27th December

…E Mouilliere’. Hydrangea ‘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…

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…

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…

26th April

‘Madame Butterfly’ – pink/bicolour C. speciosa ‘Salmon Horizon’ C. speciosa ‘Orange Storm’ C. x superba ‘Apple Blossom’ – pink and white – variegated C. x superba ‘Issari White’ – tiny…

8th June

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24th April 1897 – 2020

…‘Nancor’ 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