7th July

…it is doing just as well as the thistles. milky dysel milky dysel milky dysel milky dysel 2019 – CHW Another pilgrimage to Ventnor Botanic Garden. For a garden with…

24th March

…The Fellows at Tregothnan. The Fellows Magnolia ‘Milky Way’ on the Bowling Green at Tregothnan. Magnolia ‘Milky Way’ Magnolia ‘Milky Way’ Magnolia ‘Milky Way’ Quercus suber and Michelia doltsopa. Quercus…

26th May

…is Glendoick’s ‘Crosswater Red’? Cornus florida ‘Milky Way’ Cornus florida ‘Milky Way’ Beside it is rather a nice Cornus florida ‘Milky Way’ which enables one to see why it gets…

14th June

…more than you ever see offered for sale in specialist Dutch nurseries. There will be plenty more cornus out soon! Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ 1980 –…

23rd June

…trifoliata Magnolia macrophylla full out but high up. Magnolia macrophylla Magnolia macrophylla Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ plastered in flower. Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ Fagus engleriana I…

6th June

…Not a very healthy plant. Magnolia ‘Pride of Norway’ Magnolia ‘Pride of Norway’ Just above it are two Magnolia ‘Pride of Norway’ which look like an improved or selected form…

13th May

…‘Pride of Norway’ is not out yet although other cultivars are as we have seen. Sieboldii ‘Colossus’ is not either. Magnolia sieboldii ‘Pride of Norway’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Pride of Norway’

30th May

…Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Rehmannia elata Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Styrax…

30th June

…(MWJ 13163) Magnolia crassifolia (MWJ 13163) Tilia kiusiana about to flower. Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ nearly over. Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ I was very rude last…

9th June

…Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ and Acer palmatum ‘Scolopendrifolium’. Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ Deutzia scabra ‘Pride of Rochester’ Deutzia scabra ‘Pride of Rochester’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’…

19th July

Way’ by the bonfire with just a few flowers left. This plant is now too shaded. Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ I am not sure if this is Deutzia prunifolia or…

24th April

…next week’s forecast.The pure white sport on Azalea ‘Greenway’ which Asia has propagated well in the greenhouse. Azalea ‘Greenway’ My father’s Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ just about out. Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’…

11th May

…for this initially. We have received the government grants and there is no way that we could collect the money in a socially distanced and safe way for our staff….

12th June

…year – the first ever). Magnolia sapiensis Grass cutting well underway (started Tuesday) in Kennel Close. Kennel Close I had not spotted this pure white deciduous azalea before tucked away

23rd July

…regenerate quickly after strip grazing. This is now the third field we have planted in this way. A great biodiversity gain as these pictures readily show. This is the way

23rd May

…Karol has developed the journalistic technique of barging other bastards out of the way rather than being barged out of the way himself and the shots we now get are…

19th April

…already and Chelsea Flower Show is still a month away. Embothrium lanceolatum Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’. A must for propagation. Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ The dying clump of Rhododendron morii – they…

12th April

…they have 20% of their staff at home in isolation (or absent anyway) what are the rest doing as they wait? The reality is not (down here at least) what…

30th March

…and two on the way out now. One left. All a long way from each other. The last two seemed to have major rot at the base but this is…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ The deciduous azalea nearby which always flowers way out of season has buds which will shortly burst. I have however seen it out six weeks earlier. I…