26th August

…Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ 1992 – FJW All corn in – poor harvest. Peas west, then Barley – wheat average. 1990 – FJW All corn…

30th July

…and Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ looking good together. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ and Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ 2020 – CHW An old clump of Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ on the drive. Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea…

8th August

…than some years and this clump are in full shade. Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Alison’s hanging basket begonias at the top lodge as good as ever above her…

24th April 1897 – 2020

…go and look at some other possibilities. [I found the answer: it is ‘Sundance’!] yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia A big bonfire of an old dead yew…

17th April

…Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Inverleith’ The cold N.E. wind has blown older yellow shedding laurel leaves all over the path below Slip Rail. yellow shedding laurel leaves Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby…

29th December

…Fernery. Rhododendron mucronulatum Yellow berries in small numbers only this year on Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’. Odd that most common hollies have berried well but not this one. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’…

14th May 1897 – 2020

…white deciduous azalea with a yellow throat. Again unnamed or unknown anyway. white deciduous azalea with a yellow throat white deciduous azalea with a yellow throat A very late flowering…

5th May 1897 – 2020

…plant of Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ is doing rather better than the other. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Halesia macgregori with its first flower. Another plant has flowered profusely at…

20th April 1897 – 2020

…oddity or odd yellow. US not Brussels provenance though. This year so far it is a far better yellow than ‘Yellow Bird’ but not usually. ‘Yellow Bird’ may have been…

13th April 1897 – 2020

‘Yellow Bird’ is nearly over. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’, beside it, has yet to show. Most years they are out together but usually with some leaf already out on both. After…

2nd November

…nothing like this. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ What I have always known as Mahonia lomariifolia is full out alongside ‘Yellow Hammer’. The botanists have had…

29th May 1897 – 2020

…the best ones of course. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow form Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow form A carpet of fallen flowers under one of the Rhododendron ‘Mrs Bulters’. A…

27th May 1897 – 2020

…is just as good as ‘Winsome’. Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ is orange-red in bud opening yellow. The plants are absolutely covered in flower. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ Rhododendron…

28th April

…(first out January) An incredibly long flowering season for any plant! 2018 – CHW Off to Penvergate to view the best yellow magnolias. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ was sadly nearly over…

29th July

…superb new Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ which has green leaves unlike our Crocosmia ‘Solfatare’ which has bronzy leaves and apricot-yellow flowers. Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia…

29th September

…Pink’ with a secondary set of flowers. Callistemon ‘Perth Pink’ Lagunaria patersonia with large ripe seed heads. Lagunaria patersonia Russelia equisetiformis – yellow in full flower. Russelia equisetiformis – yellow

16th October

…know the species. Slow growing and only about 8ft tall after 25 to 30 years. Quite large leaves for a malus. fruits are golden yellow fruits are golden yellow One…

16th April 1897 – 2020

…out and the hint of yellow which it has initially has faded. Rhododendron ‘Martha Wright’ Rhododendron ‘Martha Wright’ Rhododendron ‘Martha Wright’ Rhododendron ‘Bergs Yellow’ above Rogers Quarry is also new…

31st March 1897 – 2020

…before its leaves emerge (as here) but these are dark green edged with yellow. The odd leaf is sometimes completely yellow. The plant is only 10 years old but already…

23rd April

…magnolias all out together at the end of Penvergate. yellow magnolias The record sized Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ just coming with the leaves. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia [?] Magnolia [?] Magnolia…