28th April

…with its first flower on this plant. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ is mauve when full out but greenish yellow initially. Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Scrambling up the…

13th May

…be scrambling up through something else – unlike here. Vallea stipularis Vallea stipularis Four flowers have shed on the Parastyrax species nova overnight as we make a video. Bleddyn collected…

17th June

…been changed into a water feature in the walled garden. Most effective as it flows over the sides. water feature Lupinus chamissonis scrambling beautifully through a clipped hedge of Lonicera…

11th July

…yet. The reference books describe this as an annual but it clearly is not in a warm seaside location. A vigorous climbing or scrambling plant which flowers away for months…

23rd July

…mode. A huge scrambling shrub which I have twice failed to get going on the top wall here. Tripterygium regelii Tripterygium regelii Magnolia conifera var. chingii. Ours blew over last…