21st May

…Hydrangea ‘Fairytale White’ Rhaphiolepis indica ‘White Cloud’ was however compact and an interesting finalist. Rhaphiolepis indica ‘White Cloud’ Salvia ‘Peach Melba’ – yet another fairly similar one to the many…

27th June

…at all what we expected. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Sweet Annabelle’ Two new Potentillas for the new catalogue. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ and Potentilla fruticosa ‘Double Punch Peach’. Potentilla fruticosa ‘Double Punch Peach’…

29th September

…Malus ‘Royal beauty’ Malus ‘Royal beauty’ Malus ‘Royalty Malus ‘Royalty’ Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Rising sun’ with a great show on the sales point. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Rising sun’ Escallonia ‘Peach Blossom’ still…

Visit to Tregrehan – 12th March 2022

…entrance. Pachystegia insignis Pachystegia insignis Peach blossom already in the greenhouse. Peach blossom Tamarillo (tree tomato) laden with ripe fruit. Tamarillo Rhododendron veitchianum just out. Rhododendron veitchianum Brassaiopsis aff. hispida…

12th April

…we are all being led to believe over this glorious Easter weekend of weather.Magnolia ‘Peachy’ full out suddenly. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ still out but the…

14th April

‘Peachy’ above Hovel Cart Road. Planted in circa 2010. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ This is Magnolia ‘Daybreak’, planted in 2008, by way of comparison. This too is a…

16th April

…flowers are orange and not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron…

31st July

…was Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ although similar to Escallonia ‘Peach Blossom’ and Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’. Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ 2015 – CHW A bit of research into meliosma reveals…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…Zealand were destroyed in a cyclone. Clianthus maximus Clianthus maximus A vireya Rhododendron – but it gets no additional heat in the winter! vireya Rhododendron Prunus persica (Peach) with loads…