…‘Jack Fogg’ The remains of a Rhododendron thompsonii after being hit by a tree. Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron thompsonii Near enough to Azalea ‘Northern Hi-Lights’ but not quite. The more I…

…Burncoose stand with flowers. Huodendron tibeticum Azalea viscosum. Azalea viscosum 2022 – CHW Nursery day today – warm but welcome rain overnight. A huge clump of Lupinus ‘Manhattan Lights’. Lupinus…

…Flush’ still flowering away a month after the first flowers. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Azalea ‘Western Lights’ still good above Bond Street. Azalea ‘Western Lights’ 2020 – CHW One new…

…Rookery. Rhododendron weyrichii Azalea ‘Western Lights’ (or so the plans say) with very blue foliage. Azalea ‘Western Lights’ Hypericum augustinii was a 2022 gift from Maurice Foster. Huge flowers. Hypericum…

…things which would be welcome additions to next year’s catalogue. I need to convey them to Clare.Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Party Lights’ – excellent…

…peas but they are not exactly over flowering this year. layered his sweet peas layered his sweet peas layered his sweet peas Pear ‘Merton Pride’ was producing a big crop…

…– CHW Tom Hudson sends me this pictures of his Meliosma rigida which has started to exhibit its colourful bark splitting and resultant coloured patination. Not a species of Meliosma…

…normally fail to spot this. Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida High up one of the younger Magnolia dealbatas is out. The others not quite. Magnolia dealbatas Clethra fabri (FMWJ…

…This magnificent deciduous azalea at Donkey Shoe has never had a name. It is close to A. ‘Daviesii’ and A. ‘Northern Highlights’ but not quite the same blotching and a…

…individual flower. ‘White Swan’ or ‘White Lights’ is what Hillier’s implies. white deciduous azalea white deciduous azalea Idesia polycarpa is full out and swarming with bees as you can see….

…Kel at the very top of the Abies grandis Kel at the very top of the Abies grandis Today he started on the diseased Aesculus hippocastanum. diseased Aesculus hippocastanum diseased…

…the primula failure and perhaps the demise of the Primula Society was that many of the high altitude species are simply not suited to our high rainfall and damp, wet…

…empty hole behind the cash point. So a hasty trip to Hillier’s to beg half a dozen big evergreen ‘things’ to fill the hole. Hillier’s have over 20 trollies full…

…adopting his policies quicker, or when they found out a bit more about his WHO paymasters? Who tipped off The Telegraph to expose the story? Icarus retold but that is…

…Quercus gilva 2020 – CHW So Lord Bragg and the other leading lights in the art/cultural world want (a mere) £50 billion from the government (just like those nice Germans…

…ground level. (This is the one to the left of the ladies loos). first Camellia sasanqua first Camellia sasanqua Ross has tidied up and his swing shovel has now departed…

…the joy of the end result. With our high rainfall growth rates the ‘end result’ can come pretty quickly. The first day for many months that I can spend most…

…plant sales area 2017 – CHW First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Muskoka’. Muskoka is a township in northern Canada where my grandmother’s family lived. Definitely rather late this year….

…of Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum. Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Repens’ in a large flat bed by the front door. Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Repens’ We then arrive at Mahee Island whchi was treeless until…

…airstream since November with repeated gales and much higher than average rainfall. Last summer was reasonable in June and July turning wet in August. Until early November autumn was dry…