1st August

…a nice bicolour. Gaura ‘Rosyjane’ Gaura ‘Rosyjane’ Rudbeckia ‘Maya’ looked tenderish but is fairly low growing compared to some. Rudbeckia ‘Maya’ Rudbeckia ‘Maya’ Rudbeckia ‘Maya’ Pear ‘Doyenne du Comice’ with…

28th December

…Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ First flower on the pink form of Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’. A little later than last year I suspect. Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ 2016 –…

30th March

‘Maya’ in the Rookery needs a stake and it does! No sign of the wonderful new growth yet. Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ 2016 – CHW Rhododendron moupinense by…

5th June

‘Maya’ Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ Ptelea baldwinii flowering for the first time. Ptelea baldwinii Pittosporum illicioides angustifolium with tiny orange flowers – another first flowering. Pittosporum illicioides angustifolium Euonymus wilsonii with…

17th April

…wish for as they say – and try hard to achieve. Then the metropolitan elite might really have something to squawk about.Pink new growth on Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’. Quercus rhysophylla…

12th August

…a few lower branches. Eucryphia lucida Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ just reshooting from the main stem after drought damage. Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ A newly planted Magnolia yunnanensis x M. insignis has…

4th March 1897 – 2020

…website and to see quietly what is out. The dogs are smelling spring bitches and only one bothers to come. Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ is ready to plant out shortly. The…

23rd May

…expect. Ghent Hybrids Splendens coccinea – reddish (probably correctly named as coccineum speciosum) Ghent Hybrids ‘Maya’ – yellow and sort of semi double Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower…