…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 lived form but…

…why out Hydrangea entry for Plant of the Year failed to make the last 20 shortlist when I view this Hydrangea ‘Fairytale White’ (which it isn’t) one will never know….

…so, and a very short life in our climate. Just the stumps left to burn up. Very soft and spongy wood. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Uplifting a beech tree and a…

…and floppy. The only one of three to survive from 2009 planting. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Flake’ Hydrangea quercifolia is short lived. Only three survivors of five planted in 2009. No…

…from around 10th May. However, as you look around the show tunnel the Chelsea plants are looking splendid and we are not exactly going to be short of material. show…

…species live only short lives that if you forget to propagate they are gone. With the closure of Glendoick nurseries, at least for mail order, where else in the UK…

…died in the drought. Thirty to forty years old I think and not planted when I was present. They are short lived. Magnolia sieboldii 2017 – CHW This evergreen Illicium…

…of greater recognition. Lespedeza thunbergii Lespedeza thunbergii 2017 – CHW A day making 30 short one to two minute video clips for the Burncoose website. Mainly for the topical tips…

…roof) although we have undertaken measures to stabilise the problem short term. Hopefully, perhaps a grant award to help us with full restoration from Historic England one day? Barn Owl…

…Forsythia ‘Fiesta’ Cistus ‘Gold Prize’ – vulgarly attractive with its largely yellow but three tone coloured leaves. A short lived plant I expect but a showstopper. Cistus ‘Gold Prize’ Leucanthemum…

…all at the show and would certainly not have got to the podium if the judges had seen the plant itself. Our entry of Hydrangea ‘Yulika’ was short listed but…

…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 dont…

…tanastyllum Azaleodendron ‘Harditzer Beauty’ is a short lived small thing. Here nearly on its last legs after 30 years or so. Azaleodendron ‘Harditzer Beauty’ Azaleodendron ‘Harditzer Beauty’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishico…

…with this at Windsor last weekend when it was an even darker colour). A fairly temperamental and short lived species with us which died out originally at Donkey Show corner…

…time last year quite nice again. An unnamed cross which I need to look up from last year as the label was pinched shortly after I photographed it for the…

…can then plant them out. Even then you do lose quite a few. All are destined for the very best places in the garden. Scented rhodos are very short lived…

…it died in the 2018 Beast from the East in an exposed and far too shady a position. Short lived perhaps but very attractive as a small tree today. Acacia…

…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…

…dwarf grower. Short lived though. Rhododendron impeditum ‘J C Williams’ Rhododendron impeditum ‘J C Williams’ 2016 – CHW Easter Monday. After ‘Hurricane Katie’ which raged all last night short sharp…

…Vitis coignetiae. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis A supposedly short service and debate in Gorran church about the major parish reorganisation proposed by the diocese and the deanery. The new structure…