…growers as well as garden centres and also grow Christmas trees.The few new plants seen were:Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ – a gentle colour Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Hibiscus ‘Lavender…

…which are mainly misformed and misshapen. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Jaimie has cut back a lilac which had half fallen over and will now reshoot. Just the time…

…JCW Very very little May, hardly any lilac. Dalhousi, Ovatum, Orbiculare, Baylei all open. 1912 – JCW Plenty of May everywhere, Lilac going back, Azaleas are very nice. Tubergens Iris…

…of Syringa protolaciniata does not look lilac – like at all. A shrub from Afagnistan with lilac flowers in May which I look forward to seeing. Syringa protolaciniata Molly Jackson…

…‘Azure Rush’ makes a huge clump. Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ And set beside Sanguisorba hakusanensis ‘Lilac Squirrel’ – quite superb. Sanguisorba hakusanensis ‘Lilac Squirrel’ Olearia nummulariifolia in full…

…much a nursery and not a garden centre. Among the novelties seen were:Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer…

…drive. Newly planted this year to add to the lilac collection on the drive. Syringa vulgaris ‘Carpe Diem’ Bob has purchased two young Aberdeen Angus bulls to work with our…

…history. 2016 – CHW A nice batch of Deutzia compacta which came as cuttings from Peter Moore whom I suspect collected this species on a Chinese trip. Pale lilac flowers…

…yunnanensis Syringa yunnanensis Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ (Korean lilac) in flower. I do not think I have ever spotted this out before although seed has been collected and grown. White flowers…

…distinctive forms of the hybrid? To my mind the white-flowered form has great merit, and an unusual lilac-flowered form sent into the RHS from Guernsey under the name ‘Bartlett’s Pink’…