22nd April

…the 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…

17th March

mellifera Euphorbia mellifera A Magnolia dawsoniana seedling outside the arch is good today although the sky is gloomy like everyone’s mood. The one opposite is pretty much true to the…

4th March

mellifera has not despite a flower or two surviving, Dodo! Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera The Echiums are in a terrible state too with many seedlings from last year already dead…

7th March

…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 these are…

12th December

…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 Fuchsias…

16th December

…the 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….

23rd April

…Iris confusa Paulownia tomentosa – the best shaped and most floriferous tree of this sort I have seen. Paulownia tomentosa Paulownia tomentosa Euphorbia x pasturei – Euphorbia mellifera is one…

30th September

…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 is…

6th May

…are untouched by the winter 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…