10th October

…the shore. Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli To add another superb example of trees and shrubs flowering out of season after a hot summer (May to June especially) here is…

19th July

…at the top of Herreswater. Gallium album Gallium album Deutzia pulchra just going over. Deutzia pulchra Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ by the bonfire with just a few flowers left. This…

23rd July

Gallium mollugo Gallium mollugo Wonderful hedgerow displays of Vicia cracca, Tufted Vetch, which are here clinging onto other plants and grasses and a good 3ft tall. Vicia cracca Vicia cracca…

9th June

…woke at Royal Cornwall in the flower tent but not exactly what a flower show normally is! beached whale Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata the King’ and Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’. Dryopteris…

6th June

…Also Rosa ‘Sussex’. Rosa ‘Sussex’ Rosea gallica ‘Variegata’ is something rather special. Rosea gallica ‘Variegata’ The hydrangea beds all spaced and re-potted with flowers appearing. A much better effort than…