…colour. Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ looking very fine. Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ now…

…Malus baccata – Siberian crab. Malus baccata Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ – rather similar to ‘Tor Scarlet’? Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ Also in flower at the greenhouse today: Libertia…

…‘Black Knight’ looking good together. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ and Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ 2020 – CHW An old clump of Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ on the drive. Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’…

…curator, David Jewell. 300,000 visitors a year and 25,000 members. We could have spent a week and still not seen all of it. Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ in the car park….

…Wyman’ – good Malus ‘Donald Wyman’ – good Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ – excellent Malus ‘Prairie Fire’– excellent Malus ‘Royalty’ Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Louisa’ Malus ‘White Angel’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’…

…on Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ – this is going to be a wonderful tree in the Kitchen Garden. Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ I was expecting real crab apples on Malus baccata but,…

…12L Malus florentina 12L Malus Prairie Fire® 12L Malus tor Aros® 7L Malus trilobata 12LLunaplant magnolia Gorgeous C3 60/80 Illini Gold C7,5 120/140 Illini Moonlight C7,5 Bronwyne C7,5 100 Ian’s…

…ripping up the past to create new things. An American prairie with bison or cattle in place of many Chinese things? Progress or change for the sake of political correctness…

…Seldom seen in the nursery but then we do not have many US prairie partridges either! Mitchella repens Colour almost showing on Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Another week or so in…

…night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night Acacia potaczeki was attractive and new to me. Acacia potaczeki Acacia potaczeki Pieris…

…on the way:Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ – still a sparse flowerer at a young age. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia reticulata – white form is new to us. Crinkly leaves when young….

…popemobile pass close by just before the gala night begins (4,000 tickets at £1,000 each for a two and a half hour drinks party) and the corks begin to pop….

…on the foreshore late last night and only returned at 6.30am smelling of rosemary. Presumably he slept in someone’s bush. Very contrite and tired but a bad night all round…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 5th January 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW The Echiums dislike the second night…

…Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’. Enormous flowers and very reddish leaves. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ A new catalogue entry is Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’….

…ground cover plants were a revelation here. We were shown around by the owners Andrew and Vicky Roberts. No longer regularly open to the public. Disporum ‘Night Heron’. Disporum ‘Night…

…Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ still flowering well and a very dark red. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Last flower or two on Camellia reticulata…

…house. Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ 2020 – CHW How much longer can the BBC keep the death panic going?Clearly they are itching to get the death statistics ever…

…– CHW Colder with yet more east wind. It has been dry now for a fortnight. First flowering here that I have seen of Rhodoleia aff. parvipetata (WWJ 11943) which…

…reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ which grows by the mist houses at Burncoose. Not a very vigorous grower but what a colour when first out. Darker even than ‘Midnight…