22nd April

…library window is now massive and in full flower all over. Soon for the chop I expect. Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera Another picture of Isla Rose! Isla Rose…

17th March 1897 – 2020

…as well as this at this time of the year. Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera A Magnolia dawsoniana seedling outside the arch is good today although the sky is…

7th March

…you look closely. Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera A good set of layers set last year on our best Rhododendron niveum tucked away above Orchid House Nursery bed. Easy to forget…

12th December

…last year. Why do the birds not like these berries? Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Euphorbia mellifera with yellowing old leaves – attractive today! Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera 2020 – CHW…

16th December

…library window. Very attractive and not seen before. Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera Two echiums have died without flowering in their second year. Others look fit to flower next year. Dead…

4th March 1897 – 2020

…Williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ The primroses have survived, and prospered even, under the snow! primroses The Euphorbia mellifera has not despite a flower or two surviving, Dodo! Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera

23rd April

…shaped and most floriferous tree of this sort I have seen. Paulownia tomentosa Paulownia tomentosa Euphorbia x pasturei – Euphorbia mellifera is one parent. Not quite out yet but mellifera,…

30th September

…is Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ in fine fettle with flower tassels developing. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Euphorbia mellifera looked dead but with a chop back it has now regrown and…

6th May

…and in full flower already Granny’s bonnets – Aquilegia – my father’s favourite wild(ish) flower Euphorbia mellifera is about to come out. It’s a shrub really rather than a herbaceous…