3rd August

blue. Perhaps as good as Agapanthus inapertus ‘Graskop’. Agapanthus ‘Inkspots’ Agapanthus ‘Inkspots’ Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ – a very good sky blue – medium-tall growing. Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’…

27th July

…area has always grown superb blue hydrangeas and must be highly acidic. Interestingly the 2013 planting of the red Hydrangea ‘Heinrich Siedel’ have died. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ blue

30th April

…Pride’ out side by side outside the front gate. Rhododendron veitchianum ‘Cubbitti Group’ Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ Rhododendron augustinii – a good dark blue form….

31st March 1897 – 2020

…Rhododendron arboreum a form of Rhododendron arboreum a form of Rhododendron arboreum a form of Rhododendron arboreum a form of Rhododendron arboreum Camellia ‘Marguerete Gouillon’ with gentle pink flecking. Camellia…

25th July

…‘Eureka Blue’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ – groundcover with dark leaves. Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ – blue at first fading quickly. Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ Geranium ‘Blue

11th July

…delavayi The trunk of Styrax formosanus var. formosanus. Styrax formosanus var. formosanus A now completely dead oak tree at Donkey Shoe which will have to come down. dead oak tree…

24th July

‘Blue Boa’ – might have been blue originally but fading quickly. Taller growing than some. Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ 2016 – CHW What I think is Hebe carnea…

13th July

…their best.The four quarters of the blue garden. blue garden Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ covered in seed which I have never yet seen on the Burncoose plant and an…

6th July

…fraseri ‘Magical Volcano’ Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ is an evergreen sub-shrub unlike the other herbaceous penstemons. Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Salvia ‘Purple…

9th May

‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’. Halesia macgregorii with sparse flowers this year. 2024 – CHW The view from the entrance to the…

31st May

…‘Fargesii’ with few flowers and just a few now out. Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ Styrax formosanus var. formosanus is far less plastered in flower than last year. Styrax formosanus var. formosanus…

27th May

…in the nursery have finished flowering already in the heat. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ Syringa tomentella subsp. yunnanensis (SBEC 1022). Syringa tomentella…

26th April 1897 – 2020

…‘Penheale Blue’ Rhododendron augustinii A much paler form of Rhododendron augustinii. Rhododendron augustinii Magnolia ‘Raven’ now full out. One of the late John Gallagher’s hybrids I had thought but the…

7th May 1897 – 2020

…anyone could find! Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’. Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’ Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’ Rhododendron zaleucum nearby is rather paler! Rhododendron zaleucum Rhododendron zaleucum Rhododendron ‘Saint Tudy’ to complement…

30th April 1897 – 2020

…Wedding’ ‘Drama Girl’ ‘Drama Girl’ reticulata ‘White Form’ reticulata ‘White Form’ Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ with its first flowers two years on from planting. Mostly the flowers are on the main…

22nd July

blue and white picotee edging Hydrangea ‘St Clare’ Hydrangea ‘St Clare’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’ – easily the best blue lacecap HYDRANGEA ‘Taube’ HYDRANGEA ‘Taube’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ – very floriferous and…

21st July

…‘Navy Blue’. Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’ Ampelopsis brevipedunculata and Trachelospermum jasminoides growing together. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata and Trachelospermum jasminoides Sunset over Hill Farm. Sunset over Hill Farm 2024 – CHW Then to…

26th June

…Burncoose. This is the attractive golden form. Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera’ Hibiscus ‘Blue Chiffon’ – a good double blue. Hibiscus ‘Blue Chiffon’ Then to the nearby Dalverton garden centre established much…

21st April 1897 – 2020

…tiny rockery plants really which I believe have now been reclassified as rhododendrons. Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ An old Rhododendron campylogynum on its last legs…

8th February

…japonica ‘Magnoliiflora’ above the top wall. 2024 – CHW A single flower on a young Rhododendron nobleanum (White Form) on Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron nobleanum (White Form) Fallen oak, six…