…plants included: Rhododendron ‘Leonardslee Primrose’ Rhododendron ‘Leonardslee Primrose’ Rhododendron ‘Leonardslee Primrose’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ A hundred and twenty foot tall Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum…
…unless the pheasants get at them first. SYRINGA vulgaris ‘Primrose’ SYRINGA vulgaris ‘Primrose’ Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’ – I do not really like common (vulgaris) lilacs because they remind me of…
…Rhododendron fargesii Rhododendron fargesii Rhododendron fargesii Azaleodendron ‘Hardijzer Beauty’ always looks perfect in a pot but is usually a scruffy plant when mature. Short lived too. Azaleodendron ‘Hardijzer Beauty’ Azaleodendron…
…Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ 2023 – CHW The first primrose on Christmas Day – in full leaf also. A half dead Rhaphiolepis has collapsed. Rhaphiolepis The Camellia x…
…‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Paul Hauber’. Malus ‘Paul Hauber’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ 2022 – CHW I thought I heard a cuckoo earlier…
…– CHW A tour of Old Park with 2 of the 4 grandchildren; Isla and Bea.Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ – another one out in the Kitchen Garden. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ The…
…– CHW The first primrose on the bank outside the front door. Not a record early appearance I suspect. first primrose on the bank Erica arborea now full out having…
…‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Still decent flowers on Magnolia ‘Genie’ as they usually are in May. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ and Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ are not usually…
…sp. nova (Crug 15165) Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ has its first flower today. Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ 2023 – CHW Mature and immature female cones on Araucaria bidwillii (or A….
…Magnolia campbellii ‘John Gallagher’ Primroses at their best on the bank outside the front door. Nothing annoys me more than garden visitors who mumble ‘loved the primroses’ as they depart…
…Botanical Garden, has also taken well. Meliosma parviflora A primrose in July! Only in a very wet and good growing year. primrose Picrasma quassioides has flowered for the first time…
…did not agree with the identification of our Rhus species. A primrose in flower in October! primrose in flower Ripe seed for Asia to collect on Styrax shiraianus. Styrax shiraianus…
…pampas grass flowers on the islands in the lake show up well. pampas grass flowers 2016 – CHW This is the first primrose out on the bank opposite the front…
…this winter. snowdrops A primrose on Christmas Day and now, suddenly, loads of them all over the place! primrose The Camellia reticulata seedlings are starting into flower towards the 4-in-Hand….
…primrose which was once a cross with my mother’s Primula ‘Wanda’ (dark purple) which grew in a line on the edge of the border opposite the front door. first coloured…
…with its first flowers in the Rockery. Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ The first snowdrop flower partly eaten by a pheasant or a mouse? Ten days early perhaps. snowdrop flower A primrose…
…Caviar’ Melicytis obovatus is now almost a small tree – albeit multi-stemmed. Melicytis obovatus Tail end flowers on Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Flowers on…
…evergreen leaves? Rhododendron wadanum ‘Album’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ now into leaf. It will get darker yet. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Juglans major has interesting new growth. As nice as…
…short lived in a garden context where it always looks a bit ‘miffy’ except perhaps when in flower. Azaleodendron ‘Hardijzer Beauty’ Azaleodendron ‘Hardijzer Beauty’ Azalea ‘Pink Pancake’ – an evergreen…
…providing you catch the flowers as they just emerge from the very black buds and ahead of the leaves. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Magnolia…