…leaves and apricot-yellow flowers. Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ An amazingly large specimen shrub of Bowkeria verticellata, the Natal shellflower bush, laden down…

…is very fine too. This plant needs re-staking yet again. Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Rhododendron ‘Lems Monarch’ at its very best. Rhododendron ‘Lems Monarch’ Rhododendron ‘Lems…

…we never grew this here before? Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Aesculus carnea ‘Briottii’ has a few flowers out but nearly over. Aesculus x bushii Aesculus chinensis…

…Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ 2015 – CHW In the rockery are two more dwarf rhododendrons enjoying a second autumn flowering. Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ has quite a…

…groups still to flower. They are slow growers. Crataegus ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Nearby is Crataegus ‘Pauls Scarlet’ which has always been one of my favourites. Perhaps the only hawthorn worth growing….

…argophylla (musk wood) – dullish but a new species to me. Olearia argophylla Olearia megalophylla (large leaf daisy brush) – ditto. Olearia megalophylla Eucalyptus globulus was setting seed heavily. I…

…Scroll’ – Betula utilis ssp jacquemontii ‘Himalayan Spirit’ – Betula utilis ssp albosinensis ‘Pink Champagne’ – Betula utilis ssp albosinensis ‘Red Panda’ – Betula ‘Fascination’ – Betula ermanii ‘Mt Zao…

…of garden so, in three hours, we only really managed some of the Himalayan and Chilean garden plants and a few of the New Zealanders. Much talk of change and…

…stocks it. Castanea mollissima Castanea mollissima Castanea mollissima Fraxinus floribunda with huge leaves. Himalayan. Fraxinus floribunda Fraxinus floribunda Fraxinus floribunda Quercus lineata from Burma untouched by the ‘Beast’. Quercus lineata…

…with collecting the seed is that the fruit is a spring rather like Himalayan balsam and the seed flies out when mature. The plant in the garden does have seedlings…

…The record Picea smithiana (West Himalayan Spruce). Breathtaking! Definitely something we need to start growing. Picea smithiana Picea smithiana Picea smithiana A novelty conifer which is related to the heather…

…2023 catalogue going well with about one more full day to complete the first proof this long bank holiday weekend. The Jubilee service at St Pauls served as a backdrop….