19th May

…roses. roses There was an Echium pininana height competition a few years ago with 18ft being the tallest. These cannot be far off that. Echium pininana Echium pininana My father…

25th April

…bees are very active. Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana First fuchsia flowers. fuchsia First flower too on a Paeonia delavayi seedling. Paeonia delavayi Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ now at its peak….

16th May

…flowers which then individually fade to light pinkish. Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana 2016 – CHW We have placed our and planted all the largest plants from Crug and…

28th January

…Surprise’ The badly frosted clump of Zantedeschia aethiopica has recovered and is now upright. Zantedeschia aethiopica Most Echium pininana untouched by frost where sheltered from the wind. Echium pininana Unexpectedly…

23rd August

…Echium pininana flower spike still has a few flowers left on it. The rest are brown and dead or have blown over. Not before scattering seeds everywhere though! Echium pininana

16th July

…shed its seeds and died. Echium pininana This one has a few weeks to go before it succumbs. Echium pininana The Caerhays Charity Fete raised £13,400 and was distributed as…

7th June

…over. The bees are busy enjoying the flower spike. Echium pininana Echium pininana Stewartia pseudocamellia just coming out into flower. Many more flowers than last year when it was sparse….

7th May

…it has reached 25-30ft. Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck’ Echium pininana blown over and uprooted in the east wind on Tuesday despite being in flower. Echium pininana Echium pininana 2019 – CHW…

28th April

…height actually is? Echium pininana Echium pininana Staphylea x elegans is also a late flowerer compared to the rest. A tinge of red apparently as the buds open but we…

12th May

…Tromso, Norway Embothrium in Tromso, Norway Echium pininana full out already. Echium pininana Echium pininana Lunaria annua (Honesty) brought back from Manley Cottage in Cheshire. Lunaria annua (Honesty) This is…