22nd August

…Hypericum lancasteri is perfectly out as a clump and perhaps the best thing today in the garden. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ is not so…

26th August

…last year and is full of flower with more to come. We put in three plants together and there is already quite a clump. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri

6th August

…rhododendrons. drought ridden rhododendrons First flowers just out on Hypericum lancasteri. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Grass cutting on Old Park going well. Grass cutting on Old Park 2022 – CHW…

20th August

…the last week in which I have been away.Hypericum lancasteri full out as a 6x6ft clump (three plants). Superb plant. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Another branch blown out on our…

28th September

…cold in March. A great recovery! Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ is always at its best in early October. Now at least 10ft tall. Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ Hydrangea…

5th November

…Hypericum lancasteri. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Unlike last year, loads of berries on Cotoneaster franchetti. Cotoneaster franchetti Cotoneaster franchetti 2016 – CHW The darker pink original Camellia sasanqua is now…

17th February

…only minor die back (as yet) on Hypericum lancasteri. Hypericum lancasteri Another windblown branch from Acacia cultriformis on the bonfire pile. Acacia cultriformis Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ has small flowers…

23rd August

…Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ (BWJ 8116) is less impressive. Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ (BWJ 8116) Hedychium tsengongense (WWJ 4964). Hedychium tsengongense (WWJ 4964) A rather battered Hypericum lancasteri with much die back…

29th August

…Magnolia ‘Tinkerbelle’ Thuja koraiensis was planted in 2015 but now a decent small tree with male and female stroboli. Very aromatic foliage. Thuja koraiensis Thuja koraiensis Hypericum lancasteri only just…

11th December

…flowers still on Hypericum lancasteri. This has been in flower now for three months at last. Hypericum lancasteri Leaves still on Peter Borlaise’s Magnolia ‘Albatross’ by George’s Hut which he…

7th April

…from the show including Illicium ‘Halley’s Comet’. (Also Cotoneaster lancasteri, Philadelphus purpurascens ‘Brown Leaf’ and Picea crassifolia – all from Mr. Locke). Purchases from the show Purchases from the show…

1st July

…Maurice Foster and is developing into a compact shrub. Much smaller growing that H. lancasteri. Hypericum forrestii Hypericum forrestii At Pengelly Garden Centre I spot the bizarrely variegated Cercis canadensis…

1st October

…and also smashed up the Buddleja colvilei, Hypericum lancasteri and the lower branches of a decent Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’. Pinus radiata Pinus radiata The Pterocarya rhoifolia is growing in…

1st November

…year. The flowers are very late and slightly inverted. It may well be Hypercium lancasteri reintroduced in 1980 (after Forrest found it in 1906). hypericum hypericum 2015 – CHW A…