28th June

…too. This it out at least a month earlier than ususal. Tropaeolum speciosum Tropaeolum speciosum 1941 – CW Magnolias parviflora and watsoni still good. Harrow hybrids (Rhodo) good and a…

18th July

…will. Tropaeolum speciosum Tropaeolum speciosum 2016 – CHW Twitter followers very excited by the listing of Porthluney Beach as a nudist beach (article from westbriton.co.uk), which is not really what…

15th August

…out.A couple of fine potfulls of Agapanthus ‘Streamline’ (I think?) nevertheless. Agapanthus ‘Streamline’ Agapanthus ‘Streamline’ Tropaeolum speciosum growing in a Banksian rose. Tropaeolum speciosum growing in a Banksian rose Tropaeolum…

30th June

…if I say so myself! Tropaeolum speciosum Tropaeolum speciosum This young Aesculus wangii had a couple of small branches broken off in a recent gale but has quickly put on…

29th June

…amongst liberal thinkers on the left but in a hedgerow context it actually means something. 2017 – CHW Compare Tropaeolum ciliatum to Tropaeolum speciosum seen recently. This plant has been…

9th March 1897 – 2020

…photographing before. Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ Trellis trained Ribes speciosum which was unusual but effective. I did not buy any! Ribes speciosum A newly potted batch of Cycas revoluta were looking…

23rd June

…dark red Azalea indica is just out beside the front door. Weeks after the first ones came out in the Auklandii Garden. Azalea indica Last year the Tropaeolum speciosum struggled…

29th May

…Bits of bark shed from a huge Prunus radiata Rhododendron ‘Coccineum Speciosum’ near the Aucklandii Garden. Some orange in the red flowers. Rhododendron ‘Coccineum Speciosum’ Rhododendron decorum below Tin Garden….

28th April

…the nursery today:Ribes speciosum Ribes speciosum Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Calothamnus quadrifidus – first flowers ever with us on the ‘one sided bottlebrush’. Calothamnus quadrifidus Our…

11th February

speciosum x 3 Sophora Dragon’s Gold Sorbaria Sem x 3 Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum sieboldiiFrank Matthews Prunus x per Spring Glow 125cm + bare-root Malus Admiration (Adirondack) 7L container Malus baccata…

6th May

…plant and very happy up against a turret. Cytisus Porlock – what a show Tropaedum ciliatum, also in full growth after a no frost winter. Tropaeolum speciosum has however, as…

23rd May

…expect. Ghent Hybrids Splendens coccinea – reddish (probably correctly named as coccineum speciosum) Ghent Hybrids ‘Maya’ – yellow and sort of semi double Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower…

7th June

…for Scotland, far behind the above. 1897 – JCW The first Tropaeolum speciosum opens, a lot of waterlilies on the big pond out, young shoots of nigra 8 feet high….

14th June

…out already as it never died down in the mild winter. It is invading the nearby camellia just as Tropaeolum speciosum does nearby. Another tropaeolum whose roots need to be…

21st June

…x Elliotii, stamineum, hypoglaucum, floccigerum, apodectum, didymum x, pink decorum x, venator, wilsons fortunei ( in quarry), the latter outstanding with Discolor in the A.G. – others not. Tropaeolum speciosum,…

15th July

…Put in from 207 to 218, new things of E’s. 1897 – JCW Nitida has lately started to grow properly. All Engelhart’s bulbs are planted. I speciosum at its best….

30th August

…like Tropaeolum speciosum in fact which has yet to flower in nearby camellias. I saw the tropaeolum full out last week in Northumberland. Lapageria ‘Picotee’ I have just given a…