…‘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…

…feet of new growth already. Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ Magnolia laevifolia x maudiae, a 2020 gift from Raf Lenaerts has taken off as well. I need…

…Gold’ Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) The Northern Polytunnels lorry unloads our new…

…virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ has its first couple of buds two years on from planting. Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ Acer sikkimense (WJC 13674) with wonderful secondary new growth. Acer sikkimense (WJC…

…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….

…other blue lights. Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Can one guess the cost to the UK taxpayer? £30-£50k? I have no knowledge of…

…a faint yellow flash close up. The closest I can get to it in the reference books is ‘Exbury White’ or ‘White Lights’ but both have slightly more yellow in…

…Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Victoria’ Lupinus ‘Manhattan Lights’ Decaisnea fargesi Disporum longistylum Zantedeschia ‘Pink_Flamingo’ Podophyllum persepele ‘Spotty Dotty’ I was quite wrong about the enkianthus and embothrium being too far out to…

…swing as the blue lights appear.Not strong enough for much today after an ‘all-nighter’ so just a quick trip to the Higher Rockery. Vaccinum urceolatum Vaccinum urceolatum Here we have…

…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…

…and first seen by us properly until last spring at Windsor and Wisley. They come from northern Japan and have been bred by one family over two or three generations….

…performs exactly the same in both the northern and southern hemispheres when so many others do not (eg ‘Vulcan’, ‘Lanarth’, ‘Ians Red’, ‘Genie’, ‘Red as’) 2002 – FJW Mag J…

…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….

…could grow this outside in Northern Ireland? Metrosideros excelsa Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ isn’t completely white. Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ The best clump of Rhododendron arizelum that I have ever seen. Rhododendron…

…in the same category. It is certainly demonstrable that these species have indeed adapted to our northern hemisphere timetables in their flowering periods. This is a change of climate but…