‘The Bride’ The taller growing Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ is also plastered in flower from top to bottom and visible 100 yards away. Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus x incam…

resembling Rhododendon Valentiniodes. April/May. CWT6442. Rhododendron sino-falconeri. Falconera subsection. Forms a large tree. Huge pale green leaves. Indumented below, yellow flowers. April/May. CWT6336. Rhododendron excellens. Maddenia subsection. Forms a spreading…

drooping branches. Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ looking superb too. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Betula utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ (Wakehurst…

herbaceous 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…

yesterday. Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ is quite variable as to colour and the divisions in the flower. This one is in the…

phoenicolasius The dwarf growing and, here, top grafted Taxodium distichum ‘Hursley Park’ with attractive new growth. Taxodium distichum ‘Hursley Park’ Taxodium distichum ‘Hursley Park’ Taxodium distichum ‘Hursley Park’ Taxodium distichum…

E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Mme E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Mme E Mouilliere’ A pinkish then changing to purple hydrangea that has now faded to exquisite combinations of bluish-green or speckled reddish-green on…

martins seen. 1988 – FJW David announced his intentions with regard to Sarah Williams. XXXXX Day. 1907 – JCW Birmingham Show. Most daffs are over, Marvel are good, a few…

have several of these superb plants growing away at various ages. Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Outside my study window the Arum lillies…

‘Atropurpureum’ Nearby a Magnolia stellata variety is still in full green leaf without a hint of autumn as yet. Likewise the Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ next door. Strange for mid November…