2nd May

…out but here was a superb clump. Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ The new Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ which (unusually for a Davidia) flowers at a very young age. This…

28th September

…it is just starting and nowhere near as advanced. There are however a few small secondary flowers. Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ Acorns on a Turkey Oak. Acorns on…

11th October

…rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum nocturnum Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ covered in flower. Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ with autumn colour and still a few late…

24th September

…‘Fire and Ice’. Bergenia ‘Fire and Ice’ Wonderful brown autumn colours on Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’. Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ Secondary flowers on Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Springtime’ in the nursery. Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Springtime’…

4th June

…Viburnum plicatum and mariesii good. 1913 – JCW We are picking daff seed but most of it bad in the stem. Azaleas, deciduous good some of them, picked the first…

18th February

…– Irroratum – Hookeri – Mariesii. Cerasus Conradinae and the Italian cherry very good. 1915 – JCW About 15 species of Rhodo’ show flower Barbatum and Argenteum are really the…

8th August

…Rhododendron schlippenbachii Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ (‘Mariesii Perfecta’) looking good on the drive. A better blue than some years and this clump are in full shade. Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue…