12th February

…‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea

27th May

…not as dark pink as Aesculus x carnea ‘Briottii’. A tree smashed half of this plant so flowers are sparse. Aesculus x carnea Aesculus x carnea Aesculus x neglecta (Aesculus…

25th April

…branch had reverted to green and needs cutting out. Aesculus carnea ‘Aureomarginata’ Aesculus carnea ‘Aureomarginata’ Aesculus carnea ‘Aureomarginata’ Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ planted this year and now flowering well…

11th May

…this at Windsor on Monday and had coveted it then but forgotten it was on order anyway since I had never seen it before.Pterocarya pterocarpaPterocarya rehderianaPterostyrax leveilleiPterostyrax psilophyllusStyrax jap ColumnarStyrax…

6th March

…more widely grown. Prunus campanulatus ‘Felix Jury’ The first ‘cabbage’ flower out on Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’. The other two plants in the garden are not yet showing colour. Magnolia ‘Felix…

12th March

…and better than I have ever seen before. Phillyrea angustifolia Phillyrea angustifolia Phillyrea angustifolia Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ – a particularly good flowering form although completely deciduous here. Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ Rhododendron ‘Praecox’…

4th June

…welcome flowering additions to June in woodland gardens. Aesculus x carnea ‘Briottii’ Aesculus x carnea ‘Briottii’ 2015 – CHWMore wanderings and Photima villosa var koreana is flowering nicely in full…

24th July

…8ft. Salix bockii Salix bockii Salix bockii Agapanthus ‘Lavender Haze’ – nothing startling but nice enough. Agapanthus ‘Lavender Haze’ Agapanthus ‘Lavender Haze’ Agapanthus ‘Windsor Grey’ – dull white-grey flowers. Agapanthus…

15th April

…on the drive at Burncoose. Superb and well worth naming and registering properly. Rhododendron williamsianum x martinianum Rhododendron williamsianum x martinianum Rhododendron williamsianum x martinianum 2018 – CHW We are…

7th April

…tried by any other magnolia breeder. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ now…