4th June

…in a dry location. Syringa reticulata Syringa reticulata Deutzia x elegantissima ‘Rosalind’ above the Drive near the current laurel cutting. Deutzia x elegantissima ‘Rosalind’ Syringa komarowii subsp. reflexa or is…

24th May

…up a live tree. Cross between H. serratifolia and H. peruviana First flowers on a newly planted Syringa wilsonii (now S. tomentella apparently). Syringa wilsonii (now S. tomentella) Syringa wilsonii…

14th June

…Falmouth Maritime Museum. Once they spread back around the world the Indian variant of covid will indeed be everyone’s!Syringa yunnanensis flowering away at full strength for the first time. Syringa

16th May

…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 Chelsea…

30th April

…to show up (against the new beech leaves behind) above the wall by the old play house. SYRINGA pinnata SYRINGA pinnata Three Syringa pinnata full out outside the front gate….

22nd May

…flower. Sadly the plant is nearly dead below the tower. Planted about 1991. Syringa ‘Katherine Havemeyer’ Syringa ‘Katherine Havemeyer’ Syringa ‘Katherine Havemeyer’ The incubators hatched just under 80% of the…

13th April

…Staphylea trifolia just out. Staphylea trifolia Syringa x diversifolia flowering better than ever before. Syringa x diversifolia Syringa x diversifolia Rhododendron ‘Broughtonii’ just out. Rhododendron ‘Broughtonii’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ below Tin…

3rd June

…on our Syringa species which flower later than the Syringa vulgaris varieties that are well over. Syringa wilsonii (S. tomentella) in its second year of flowering. The flowers spikes are…

3rd September

…assume secondary flowers as this would normally be out in May. Syringa x diversifolia Syringa x diversifolia Syringa x diversifolia Syringa x diversifolia 2022 – CHW A stormy night with…

12th November

…below ground level soonish and any regrowth sprayed off before it takes all the energy from the grafted plant which is doing well. Syringa pinnata Syringa pinnata The buds on…