23rd April

…Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ in Joe & Carey Sharp’s garden near Laddock. Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’. Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ Rhododendron ‘Mi Amor’ at…

18th July

…‘Double Diamond’ – squat growing and double white flowers Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’…

11th September

‘Queen Charlotte’ Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’ Japanese anemones are an absolute must for every garden in September. 2017 – CHW Building work on the conversion of the two barns at…

13th August

…rupifragum ‘Flore Pleno’ and Crocosmia ‘Paul’s Best Yellow’ Crassula arborescens in the greenhouse. Crassula arborescens Acanthus mollis and Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’. Acanthus mollis and Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’ Kirengeshoma…

15th March 1897 – 2020

…alpine glasshouse at Rosemoor.Cyclamen repandum< Cyclamen repandum[/caption] Ipheion ‘Rolf Fiedler’ Ipheion ‘Rolf Fiedler’ Ozothamnus coralloides Ozothamnus coralloides Ipheion uniflorum Ipheion uniflorum Ipheion uniflorum ‘Charlotte Bishop’ Ipheion uniflorum ‘Charlotte Bishop’ Narcissus…

14th July

…Agapanthus ‘Lapis Lazuli’ Agapanthus ‘Lapis Lazuli’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Then a few that we stock ourselves which are just as good as the ones listed above:Agapanthus ‘Streamline’ Agapanthus ‘Streamline’…

2nd May 1897 – 2020

…for a Garden Society tour and lunch in Exbury’s centenary year. On the tables were superb displays: ‘Douggie Bettridge’ (fortunei x ‘Jalisco’) ‘Douggie Bettridge’ (fortunei x ‘Jalisco’) ‘Charlotte de Rothschild’…

6th October

…varied autumn colour plants but very few seeds for the members to fight over afterwards. Ten years ago they had to wait while the Queen Mother filled her large handbag…

6th August

…Lyonia ovalifolia Lyonia ovalifolia 1940 – CW Aunt Charlotte to tea, she saw Eucryphia nymansensis at its best – pinnatifolia past but not over – cordifolia just coming to be…

2nd August

…species with white rather than green flowers. Not the Eucomis bicolor which we stock. eucomis species The bicoloured Agapanthus ‘Queen Mum’ just coming out. Agapanthus ‘Queen Mum’ Agapanthus ‘Queen Mum’…

23rd May 1897 – 2020

…tended by the Red Cross. Sally Hayward RCMG with posy for the Queen – Photo Courtesy of Sally. Queen’s Visit – Photo Courtesy of Sally. Then we get to the…

21st September

…one large Cornus capitata tree. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ 2018 – CHW Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ displaying its superb autumn colour on a…

25th September

Queen’ just starting to make a good show outside the Drawing Room. After the drought it is two feet shorter than usual. Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ Roy Lancaster’s unnamed Chinese species…

15th October

…best. Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ An extraordinary sight. Secondary flowers on a red flowered tree peony in October! red flowered tree peony 2022 – CHW Rhododendron quinquefolium ‘Five…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…particularly unique but nice enough. Queen Mother’s magnolia Queen Mother’s magnolia Another towering Magnolia sargentiana var robusta which you get a perfect view of from the churchyard and village. Magnolia…

14th March

…Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia just into flower. Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia The Queen Mother’s Magnolia. Queen Mother’s Magnolia Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ and Magnolia mollicomata in the Ririei Opening. Magnolia…

19th May

…Clematis ‘Queen’s Nurse’. Clematis ‘Queen’s Nurse’. Clematis ‘Queen’s Nurse’. Streptocarpus ‘Sirius’. Streptocarpus ‘Sirius’. Streptocarpus ‘Sirius’. Prunus ‘Sumaura-fugenzo’ which should have been ineligible as a ‘new’ plant as we have sold…

13th June

…red spots in full sun. Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Beautiful foliage on Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea…

3rd August

…‘Snow Queen’ is already turning an autumnal pink in the drought. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ Magnolia ‘Todds Fortyniner’ is usually the first magnolia to flower in…

12th October

…confined to a few branches. Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ has as good an…