31st March
…or four years ago. Now a plant is getting established. The awe continues! Unbelievably good. Tilia endochrysa A big clump of Rhododendron impeditum ‘JC Williams’ just out. A very short…
…or four years ago. Now a plant is getting established. The awe continues! Unbelievably good. Tilia endochrysa A big clump of Rhododendron impeditum ‘JC Williams’ just out. A very short…
…Plenty of cuttings here shortly. Escallonia resinosa Maddenia wilsonii has made enormous growth this spring. Maddenia wilsonii When will we learn that evergreens need higher deer fencing. Here Euonymus spraguei…
…brief spectacle from the bottom lodge when in flower for 10 years or so, and a very short life in our climate. Just the stumps left to burn up. Very…
…‘Snow Flake’ with double florets. Small growing and floppy. The only one of three to survive from 2009 planting. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Flake’ Hydrangea quercifolia is short lived. Only three…
…short of material. show tunnel show tunnel show tunnel 2018 – CHW After a week of incessant rain in Ireland we discover there has been a heatwave in England. The…
…the label was pinched shortly after I photographed it for the diary. It must have been a good thing! [Edit: It is Magnolia ‘Rose Marie x Black Tulip’] A hybrid…
…the early 1970’s but this has long since been corrected and updated. Major repairs are needed (i.e. a new roof) although we have undertaken measures to stabilise the problem short…
…down to –4C. So we can say that the Vietnamese speciosa and longicarpa flowers can withstand light frost for short periods. Most tender plants look ok still, just hope we…
…and not planted when I was present. They are short lived. Magnolia sieboldii 2017 – CHW This evergreen Illicium lanceolatum came to us from Mark Fillan as a new species…
…A fairly temperamental and short lived species with us which died out originally at Donkey Show corner when I was a kid. We now have a few half decent 20…