27th July

…grows over a trellis. It is absolutely enormous. This Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’ This Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’ Clerodendron bungei suckering up here and there as a shrub. Clerodendron bungei Clerodendron bungei

3rd June

…Catalpa bungei Duclouxii group (as I see we must now call it) is already providing good flowers on the more or less instant regrowth. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii group Starting new…

13th June

…as the one at Ventnor above the tropical house. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Euonymus morrisonensis flowering better than I have ever seen…

22nd August

…German magnolia varieties German magnolia varieties At last something looking healthy! A young Clerodendrum bungei has enjoyed the heat. Clerodendrum bungei Clerodendrum bungei Thankfully the clump of young Rhododendron williamsianum…

18th June

…fine indeed. Catalpa bungei f. duclouxii Catalpa bungei f. duclouxii Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ still flowering away a month after the first flowers. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Azalea ‘Western Lights’…

21st September

…on Clerodendron bungei on our stand. It hovered and lowered its tongue/proboscis into the flower. Clerodendron bungei Clerodendron bungei On the Crûg Farm stand: Roscoea purpurea f. rubra ‘Gurkha Red’…

5th August

…Clerodendron bungei suckers now full out. Clerodendron bungei Clerodendron bungei Eucomis autumnalis with white flowers. Not autumn either! Eucomis autumnalis Eucomis autumnalis Seed on Pittosporum crassifolium – not seen before….

3rd December

…laxiflora First two flowers out on Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’. Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’ Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group (as it now is rather than Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii) is late…

31st May

…ago it looked like the wait would be two to three weeks. Magnolia globosa Magnolia globosa Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group (as this has now been renamed in the new Hillier’s…

20th November

…dunnii Nyssa leptophylla now quite excellent. Nyssa leptophylla Disanthus cercidifolius gets even better! Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius The fallen Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group (as it is now renamed) has been…