27th June

…at all what we expected. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Sweet Annabelle’ Two new Potentillas for the new catalogue. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ and Potentilla fruticosa ‘Double Punch Peach’. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Double Punch Peach’…

26th June

Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ flowering well in pots. Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ Campanula ‘Pritchard’s Variety’ Campanula ‘Pritchard’s Variety’ We have a mature plant of Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera’ at…

13th July

…Rose’ Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ – was quite striking and worth Burncoose stocking. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ These grafted cherries will not last long and, frankly, shouldn’t be for sale. The grafts…

14th July

…Milano’ Trachelospermum ‘Star of Milano’ Potentilla fruticosa ‘Mango Tango’ clearly a late flowerer – not bad. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Mango Tango’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ was discovered and raised by Mr Ivey, a…

15th July

…yuyuanensis I think this is Potentilla recta, Sulphur Cinquefoil or Upright Cinquefoil, which is an introduced perennial with distinctive seeds which has escaped from gardens into a woodland setting as…

13th August

…Betony, which had grown rather taller without the sheep nibbling. Stachys officionalis Stachys officionalis Potentilla reptans, Creeping Cinquefoil, was much in evidence. Potentilla reptans Knautia arvensis, Field Scabious, perhaps late…

8th January

…snap? Herbaceous plants in full growth Herbaceous plants in full growth Out in flower today:- Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Omphalodes…