…is an outstanding show. Clematis florida ‘Taiga’ Clematis florida ‘Taiga’ Delphinium ‘Wishful Thinking’ will be a pleasant bicoloured addition to next year’s catalogue. Carpinus tuczaninowii will be new for next…

…and sneer in equal measure thinking this is good journalism.How I missed seeing Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ in its full glory yesterday I will never know but Jaimie did not and…

…clearly thinking on similar lines. 2020 – CHW Late yesterday evening I found Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ doing its secondary stuff in the Rockery. Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Malus…

…Hovel but, in the early mornings, the telephone wires are already full of martins and swallows thinking about migration or perhaps just more bad weather as the harvest is scheduled…

…I have puzzled over this plant for several years thinking it might be a clerodendron species but suddenly now it has a proper label. Reddish new growth, oddly shaped leaves…

…of Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ You could be forgiven for thinking there are now too many newish forms of H. paniculata that are not much different….

…removed all the buds thinking they were dead. Droopy habit. Camellia chekiangoleosa Camellia chekiangoleosa Polyspora longicarpa (formerly gordonia) – gordonias are now limited to American species and polyspora are the…

…out the wind and under draft. Good thinking! Cut back one Camellia ‘Debbie’ First flower (frosted) at the very top of Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’. Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’ Still a good…

…only one survives. One died because I stupidly cut it back thinking it was dead too early in the spring. There used to be an elderly clump of H. sargentiana…

…I wrote in the spring. It will be a cold spot facing the sea winds. The planting list is attached so you can see how the thinking has gone. There…