18th October

…a range of colours! Nerine from Exbury Nerine from Exbury Nerine from Exbury Nerine from Exbury Nerine from Exbury Tom Hudson’s 4465 which he now thinks is a species of…

21st September

…Brugmansia suaveolens Brugmansia suaveolens Nerine masoniorum Nerine masoniorum Nerine masoniorum Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ This was labelled Rostrincula decipiens. I think it is Rostrincula dependens? Rostrincula dependens Rostrincula dependens Rosmarinus…

4th October

…the drought. Scorched leaves and few flowers. First Nerine bowdenii nearly out. Nerine bowdenii A fine clump of Sedum spectabile just going over. Sedum spectabile 2021 – CHW Cornus alba…

12th November

…Williams’ Daffodils in mid-November. Daffodils Nerine by the Drawing Room. Nerine Nerine The very last flower for this year on Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ still in full…

26th October

…Nursery (bed). above Higher Quarry Nursery 2020 – CHW Still plenty of colour in the borders around the house.Pink nerine by the dining room. We saw whiter forms flowering here…

9th November

…water tank at George’s Hut. George’s Hut Water Tank First flowers out on Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ The Nerine bed in full flower. Nerine

13th November

…a Chimonanthus but only guessing. Perhaps a Chimonanthus 2024 – CHW The last Nerine outside the Dining Room Window. Nerine And the last rose flower. last rose flower But also…

1st December

…suckering growth from a sycamore root exposed to the daylight. sycamore root 2021 – CHW Garrya eliptica ‘James Roof’ with flower tassels well formed. Garrya eliptica ‘James Roof’ Nerine bowdenii…

8th December

…williamsii hybrids below are well out now too as usual just below. unnamed x williamsii hybrids unnamed x williamsii hybrids 2015 – CHW The nerine bed has only a very…

18th September

…or so they are labelled? Could they in fact be Nerine? Amaryllis belladonna Different coloured berries on Pyracantha starting to colour up. Pyracantha berries Cotinus ‘Grace’ turning colour nicely but…

14th November

…some bulbs of Amaryllis belladonna crossed with Nerine in the spring. Only one has flowered in the first year. The RHS have recently renamed these hybrids. Amaryllis belladonna Camellia x…

1st January 1897 – 2020

…to do with JCW’s hybridisation programme of 100 years ago. There are more in the Auklandii Garden below the nerine bed. Very plain and very early although not by the…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…of the valley.Today I found the first snakebark maple in full leaf above the nerine bed. It will not be long before we find a six week early sycamore in…