23rd May

…properly before because of Chelsea absences. Rhododendron ‘Cetemayo’ Rhododendron ‘Cetemayo’ Rhododendron ‘Cetemayo’ – bought from Millais Nurseries Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ – plastered, but not…

25th May

…here with a hint of a yellow stripe amid the dark purple. Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Reevsia sinica has shed what was left of its old leaves after…

26th March

…flowers in the frame. Nothing startling really. Magnolia ‘Cup Cake’ Magnolia ‘Cup Cake’ Magnolia ‘Black Velvet’ is a surprising white with, I admit, a blackish velvety stem. Wrongly named? No…

19th September

…sadness, anguish and sense of loss which we all feel at Caerhays today at the end of monarchs reign. God Save the King! Just a few plants to look at,…

8th July

…‘Royal Velvet’ is quite stunning today. Agapanthus ‘Royal Velvet’ Hydrangeas lined up for customers by the sales point. Hydrangeas Agapanthus ‘Windsor Grey’ really is grey! Agapanthus ‘Windsor Grey’ This batch,…

20th May

…Rhododendron yakushimanum Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Red Velvet’ out on Burns Bank. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Red Velvet’ Acer pycnanthum – a dullish rarity. The Japanese counterpart to the North American Acer rubrum as…

14th August

…‘Koban Dori’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Gold Finch’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Gold Finch’ Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’. Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’, Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ with extraordinary and colourful seed pods. Magnolia…

24th July

…year. wild flower meadow wild flower meadow Eryngium bourgatii ‘Picos Blue’ very fine. Eryngium bourgatii ‘Picos Blue’ Agapanthus ‘Royal Velvet’ and Achillea ‘Cerise Queen’. Agapanthus ‘Royal Velvet’ and Achillea ‘Cerise…

10th May

…variety of different pollen parents as shown. R.GRIFFITHIANUM x glendoick em velvet cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x purple splendour cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x JC Williams cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x arboreum sub delavayii cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM…

28th May

…taiwania Schefflera macrophylla has lovely brown ‘velvet’ on its new growth as it emerges above its gigantic leaves. A sure fire winner and seller. Schefflera macrophylla Schefflera macrophylla Schefflera aff…