19th March

…xxxx, Mound seedlings xx, also crino hedge xx.1959 – FJW In middle of good plant up – 7 Albas and 5 Robustas above Rookery Path – 2 Albas and 2…

10th March

…Cornwall. A typical pile of virgin green waste as delivered in by the council. pile of virgin green waste Compost mix down to 40mm ‘bits’. Compost mix And then 20mm…

7th May

…has partially fallen to one side and new stems grew from the base. Styrax odoratissimus Styrax odoratissimus Styrax odoratissimus Styrax odoratissimus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus is making progress with attractive red new…

24th April

…wood undeterred by a post banger erecting the new pen above Kitchen Garden. x Sorbonaria fallax ‘Likjornaja’ in bud still (Sorbus x Aronia). A peculiar bi-generic hybrid but not as…

17th February

…come from a colder location as it is untouched by last week’s Beast. Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Flowers on a Rhododendron arboreum…

11th November

…‘Elizabeth’ 2021 – CHW Rhododendron schlippenbachii in the November sun. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Euonymus elatus nearing its best. Euonymus elatus Leaf fall under Kalopanax septemlobus. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus…

25th April

…be Rhododendron taiwanalpinum perhaps? The leaf formation I fear does not quite tally with the reference books? semi evergreen / near evergreen azaleas semi evergreen / near evergreen azaleas semi…

14th May

…for the first time. A peculiar mix but both parents recognisable. A rare and not especially interesting collector’s item. x Sorbopyrus auricularis x Sorbopyrus auricularis First time flowering that I…

13th July

…for shrubs in the autumn. Phlox ‘White Admiral’ is just coming out. Phlox seldom look as good as this in pots! Phlox ‘White Admiral’ Rhodohypoxis is a lovely alpine plant…

16th March

…x soulangeana ‘Sawada’s Pink’). Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ is one of Mike Robinson’s crosses named in 1999. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ x Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’….