13th January

…glory. Very intricate when you look closely at individual flowers. Garrya elliptica Garrya elliptica Garrya elliptica Garrya elliptica The large clump of narcissi are full out and scenting the cold…

26th October

…‘Black and Blue’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ with tassel flowers which will be out before long. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Ripe seed heads for Asia on the Hedychium. Hedychium Medlar…

4th January

…castle corner. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ 2020 – CHW I could not resist photographing Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ again now it…

19th January

…This is a male form and we have, as yet, no female in the garden. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ 2016 – CHW Hawthorn breaking into leaf…

28th January

…has had its leaves scorched even more in the recent frost. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Narcissus tiandrus full out now outside the…

16th April

…Merrilliopanax alpinus Pomaderris elliptica making a great show in the sun. Pomaderris elliptica Pomaderris elliptica Pomaderris elliptica First flowers on some of the newly planted Viburnums:- Viburnum phlebotrichum. Viburnum phlebotrichum…

3rd February

…‘James Roof’ with its gigantic tassels of flowers is superb today. What a plant! Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ The scented narcissii by the Dining Room window…

28th July

…to flower. Pomaderris elliptica Pomaderris elliptica Seed heads on Viburnum hoangliense. Viburnum hoangliense Why did the tree surgeons have to burn the laurel hedge rather than having the fire on…

25th December

elliptica ‘James Roof’. Surprisingly little damage to the leaves as yet in such an exposed position on the castle wall. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ 2021 –…

2nd December

…from the sorry state it was when it arrived in the spring. Good evergreen foliage. Cornus angustata (now elliptica) ‘Empress of China’ Cornus angustata (now elliptica) ‘Empress of China’ Rhodoleia…