21st January

…ground it soon reshoots. Sasa palmata f. nebulosa Sasa palmata f. nebulosa Sasa palmata f. nebulosa I have always called this Phyllostachys flexuosa and it grows by the pond at…

9th August

…pot in the nursery but just coming into flower here in shade. Note no slug damage! Kirengeshoma palmata Kirengeshoma palmata Anemone hupehensis ‘September Charm’ at the entrance. Anemone hupehensis ‘September…

28th September

…and the best clump of Strobilanthes rankanensis I have ever seen. Strobilanthes rankanensis Strobilanthes rankanensis and Kirengeshoma palmata flowering well together. Strobilanthes rankanensis and Kirengeshoma palmata Abutilon ‘Canary Bird’ still…

13th August

palmata nicely in flower. Kirengeshoma palmata The viaduct towers over Leslie’s garden. The viaduct Good buds forming for next spring on his Magnolia campbellii. Magnolia campbellii Runner bean seeds already…

7th August

…grows as small as this as a rockery plant. Persicaria tenuicaulis Persicaria tenuicaulis Kirengeshoma palmata. Ophiopogon planascarpus ‘Nigrescans’ nicely in flower. Ophiopogon planascarpus ‘Nigrescans’ New features in Leslie’s garden. New…