10th April

…mass of colour. Prunus incisa Prunus incisa Magnolia ‘Banana Split’. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ – gorgeous colour mix. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia…

19th June

Apricot’. ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ 2017 – CHW First flowers on Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ and Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’, both lace-caps by the sales point. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’…

12th April

…Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Could not resist more Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ as the tepal colours change. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’…

14th April

‘Apricot Brandy’ with one flower out and the peculiar coloured buds. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ is the first one of the campanulatus varieties to be…

15th April

…‘Chip Luma’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ – silly name perhaps but not entirely inaccurate. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ with its peculiar buds and aptly named flowers. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’…

13th May

…fine display of mixed colours of aquilegia has suddenly emerged from the bare soil. aquilegia Rhododendron royallii ‘Caerhays Apricot’ Rhododendron royallii ‘Caerhays Apricot’ Rhododendron royallii ‘Caerhays Apricot’ This rhododendron was…

5th June

…hirtinervus Enkianthus hirtinervus Azalea ‘Moidart’ in full shade. Also very late into flower and a gentle apricot-pink fading paler here. Azalea ‘Moidart’ Azalea ‘Moidart’ Rhododendron dichroanthum var. apodectum. An ancient…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…(Rhododendron spinuliferum x Rhododendron burmanicum) Rhododendron ‘Spinbur’ Aucuba himalaica var. dolichophylla Aucuba himalaica var. dolichophylla Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Amazing daffodils from Ron Scamp.‘Apricot Whirl’ ‘Apricot Whirl’ ‘Pink…

27th August

…year old Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ very dead. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ And another rhododendron. another rhododendron Just one seed on a new, virtually dead, ancient Rehderodendron macrocarpum. The drought has hastened…

27th April

…M. ‘Tikitere’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata single bloom 1st – M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ 1st – M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata 1 spray 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ 1st…

6th April

…Lindera erythrocarpa Lindera erythrocarpa Prunus ‘Pink Perfection’ Prunus ‘Pink Perfection’ Prunus ‘Horinji’. Prunus ‘Horinji’ Prunus ‘Horinji’ Jaimie’s magnolia entries in the class for 3 sprays:- Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’. Magnolia ‘Apricot

4th April

…Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ in the sun beside the old playhouse. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ has been cut for the show. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Rose…

16th April

…flowers are orange and not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron…

25th April

…cup on our behalf from David Millais Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’, ‘Genie’, ‘Margaret Helen’, ‘Tikitere’ and ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’, ‘Hot Flush’, ‘Yuchelia’, ‘Banana Split’, ‘Tropicana’ and ‘Lemon Star’ 2021 –…

27th May

…colour than Aesculus flava. Aesculus x neglecta Aesculus x neglecta Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ is a slow growing dome shaped tree with apricot flowers with yellow markings. Today it is…

17th June

…wander dangerously into unchartered territory. 2015 – CHW A Rhododendron royalii hybrid (‘Royal Flush’? Yellow or apricot) has survived powdery mildew and a clump is flowering sparsely. This one is…

25th June

…excellent. Rhododendron viscosum ‘Mermaid’ Rhododendron viscosum ‘Mermaid’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – apricot form. Covered in flower below the Fernery. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Sorbus hemsleyi ‘John Bond’ growing away well. Sorbus…

29th July

…The quest continues at Ventnor Botanic Garden.A superb new Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ which has green leaves unlike our Crocosmia ‘Solfatare’ which has bronzy leaves and apricot-yellow flowers. Crocosmia ‘Pauls…

30th July

…and the leaves hairy. Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro-Kapitan’ Alchemilla mollis and Erysimum ‘Apricot Twist’. Alchemilla mollis A fine display of Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’. Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ An early seed head on…

11th October

…send to David West. It is faintly apricot in colour now having been yellow earlier. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum nearby is turning colour…