…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’…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…(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’ –…

…look closely at the same time. 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…

…hydrangea. Why does 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…

…‘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…

…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…

…on Hydrangea ‘Madame 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…

…‘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…

…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…

…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….

…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…

…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…

…a Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ which is just starting to show. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Another first time flowering Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ is completely new. 2017 planted and just one flower with…

…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…

…Raphiobotrya ‘Coppertone’ x Raphiobotrya ‘Coppertone’ Clianthus puniceus ‘Flamingo’ alongside Clianthus puniceus ‘Albus’. Clianthus puniceus ‘Flamingo’ Syringa vulgaris ‘Madame Antoine Buchner’ just coming out. A new entry in our 2021 catalogue….

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…palibini. Enkianthus hirtinervus Enkianthus hirtinervus Enkianthus hirtinervus 1919 – JCW Madame Lemoine has been splendid. Ponticums go back, Auklandii are gone. Syringa villosa very good. C chrysocoma rather burnt. The…