30th July

…front gates. Hydrangea paniculata and Hydrangea villosa Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ looking splendid. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ 2025 – CHW Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis with fissures in its trunk….

24th August

…may yet. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ looks rather droopy and wish now. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ is still…

26th August

…paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ has now turned a good pink. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ has just a pink tinge. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’…

12th August

…paniculata ‘Tardiva’ planted in 1996 and now in need of pruning back. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ – likewise. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Sorbus…

2nd August

…Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ – top end of clearing to top lodge. Smaller growing and a distinct upright habit. Attractive pointed flowers but short lived…

20th August

…‘Limelight’. Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ and…

6th September

…fresh new flowers after the rains. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ flowering again as usual. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ also with fresh flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar…

20th July

…the sunken garden. Dierama pulcherrimum Hydrangea paniculata ‘Praecox’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Praecox’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Praecox’ Spectacular red lilies. red lilies Bright red Nerium oleander in full flower. Nerium oleander Nerium oleander…

7th August

…flower on Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’. Greenish to white. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ 2023 – CHW New chimney stack on the stable flat. Jackdaw proof and,…

28th August

…and shape from the top of the plant to the lower branches. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ has smaller, more…

28th July

…forgiven for thinking there are now too many newish forms of H. paniculata that are not much different. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ is however a good new variety. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’…

31st July

…aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ A particularly dark Dierama by the Old Playhouse. Dierama Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ – the first flower to come out now turning pinkish. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Hydrangea paniculata…

1st August

…good together. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ has turned pink quickly in the drought. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ nicely…

19th July

…Sambucus ‘Gate in Field’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Great Star’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Great Star’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Great Star’ Tetracentron sinense with seed tassels forming. Tetracentron sinense Tetracentron sinense Three flower buds this…

29th July

…villosa. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ and Hydrangea aspera villosa Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ and Hydrangea sargentiana. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ and Hydrangea sargentiana Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ with no pink…

29th August

…Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ whose colour has nearly vanished already. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Mowing off the dead grass in White Styles in the hope of…

2nd September

…with just a hint of pink. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Secondary flowers (as usual) on Rhododendron concatenans (concatenans Group to be correct). Rhododendron concatenans One…

8th September

…Hornet’ Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ living up to its name. Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ fading off to pink. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’…

13th August

…bicolor Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ starting to go pink all over. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Peacock butterfly on a buddleia and on the ground Peacock butterfly Peacock butterfly 2024 –…

21st June

…pictures are so laughably muddled and wrong that one wonders quite why they bother. Disinformation rather than knowledge! Deutzia paniculata Deutzia paniculata Deutzia paniculata View 21st June 1897 – 2020…