31st March

…is attractive. Stachyurus salicifolius Stachyurus salicifolius Stachyurus salicifolius 400+ people around the garden today on Mothering Sunday (plus hordes of free grandchildren). The ‘Vegans’ placard, picket and shout at (ie…

8th March

…(creamier in bud) which Forrest described 100 plus years ago in Szechuan. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Stachyurus salicifolius as labelled but the reference books do not say this is an…

3rd May

…walls. A 15x15ft Weigelia with light pink flowers. One to identify. Weigelia Weigelia Right by the house a fine specimen of Stachyurus salicifolius. Stachyurus salicifolius Stachyurus salicifolius Then on to…

26th June

…for sale in the horticultural trade as far as I know. Nothing pink about the flowers though. Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’ Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’ Stewartia sinensis is still not…

5th November

…Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’ has pink tinged fruits which were yellow when we last looked at this and probably then assumed the wrong name. It is also known as a…

12th April

…A young Stachyurus salicifolius flowering decently (top and bottom) for the first time. Stachyurus salicifolius Stachyurus salicifolius First Zantedeshia aethiopica in full flower. No winter dieback at all. Zantedeshia aethiopica…

8th May

…(this year) later than most of the other ‘smellies’. Rhododendron formosum Rhododendron crassum just out in places with huge flowers. Rhododendron crassum Stachyurus salicifolius looking very fine. Stachyurus salicifolius Attractive…

16th October

…Euonymus morrisonensis covered in, as yet, unripe seed pods Euonymus morrisonensis I have seldom seen this much seed on Stachyurus salicifolius. Stachyurus salicifolius Viburnum wilsonii with gorgeous autumn colour, an…

18th May

…Cotoneaster x walteri hybrid? It is not an evergreen and it is near two other plants which may be Cotoneaster x walteri or Cotoneaster salicifolius forms. All three came from…

29th September

…friends and had a nice seedling back last Christmas. I am not sure if Asia has yet raised any herself here? Hilliers list this today as Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’…