24th April

…‘Blushing Bride’ is one we should propagate more. One pure white flower showing. Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ This is really Azalea yedoense or very close to it but not quite the

17th February 1897 – 2020

…This is Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ with delicate white flowers and a fairly rounded or compact habit (rather than upright and erect). Shrubby in fact! Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus…

24th March 1897 – 2020

…incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Back…

15th April

…Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ just out by the Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ clump. Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ Azalea ‘Tebotan’ just starting too and Azalea ‘Greenway’ nearby about to show….

30th June

…Cobalt’ Only one of the four Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ planted in 2021 has survived. Too dry a spot for them but a fantastic hydrangea none the less. Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’…

11th April

…an Amelanchier collection next winter in Old Park. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’ Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ in the greenhouse. Used to grow outside above the greenhouse and now by the back yard….

17th April

…website and an old favourite or two as well: Clematis alpina ‘Broughton Bride’ Clematis alpina ‘Broughton Bride’ Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Pittosporum undulatum Pittosporum undulatum Isopogon…

15th May

…calciola Beschorneria calciola Beschorneria calciola Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ On the way to Burncoose I stop in Carnon Downs to photograph a…

7th June

…for planting out. Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’ (BSWJ 6241a) Beside it is the only surviving plant (of 3) of Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ looking justified in its former Plant of the

17th September

They did not trust us last night not to pinch the silver! I sneaked one picture of the bride and snuck into the yard after the guests were all in…

25th July

…definitely a nicer gaura variety than any we currently stock and grows about the same size as Gaura ‘The Bride’. Gaura ‘Rose Bicolor’ Gaura ‘Rose Bicolor’ Gaura ‘Belleza’ is smaller…

26th August

…‘Martha Joan Leslie’ (Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x Magnolia ‘Blushing Bride’). Magnolia ‘Martha Joan Leslie’ Magnolia ‘Martha Joan Leslie’ The peeling bark on Rhododendron stenaulum (moulmainense) is one of its best…