27th June

…rather a letdown and not 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’….

26th June

…good new herbaceous form with big colour changes in the flower colour as the flowers mature. Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ flowering well in pots. Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’…

26th April

…dilapidated and shambolic greenhouses. Trillium and Erythronium but not labelled. Trillium and Erythronium Trillium and Erythronium Trillium and Erythronium Potentilla alba – a rock plant which we saw spreading well…

13th July

…planted successfully now. Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ – was quite striking and worth Burncoose stocking. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ These…

14th July

…‘Star of 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…

13th August

…Strawberry Clover. Trifolium fragiferum Stachys officionalis, Betony, which had grown rather taller without the sheep nibbling. Stachys officionalis Stachys officionalis Potentilla reptans, Creeping Cinquefoil, was much in evidence. Potentilla reptans…

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…

15th July 1897 – 2020

…Another unnamed Harrow hybrid rhododendron by the Podocarpus salignus clump. Harrow hybrid rhododendron More flowers on Magnolia (Manglietia) yuyuanensis. Magnolia (Manglietia) yuyuanensis Magnolia (Manglietia) yuyuanensis I think this is Potentilla