…sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ fades quickly in colour as you can see here. Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ First flower this year on Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’. Earlier…

…smelling unpleasant. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Symphoricarpos albus has clusters of white ‘snowberries’ on the lawn although in full shade here. My mother made us dig…

…not a wall shrub. Chaenomales ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomales ‘Geisha Girl’ The rhododendron planting outside the front gate is now complete. Six large leafed sutchuanense hybrids, two ‘Moonstone’, three Rhododendron canadense,…

…flowers are orange and not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron…

…Darragh. Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ In a group of Camellia cuspidata only one is in flower. Camellia cuspidata The one in flower has a cascading habit…

…on Rookery Path. Another new one to us. Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ These are our own young plants of what may be Camellia cuspidata or they may be…

…Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Rehmannia elata Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Styrax…

…Gladiolus ‘Prins Claus’ Rosa ‘Fairy Girl’ also at Roy’s. Rosa ‘Fairy Girl’ Not named but a gorgeous scent. Not named The Porthluney car park after the car fire. after the…

…nothing special. Lobelia ‘Starship Rose’ Lobelia ‘Strawberry Blue’ Muehlenbeckia axillaris ‘Golden Girl’ a yellow variant of a plant we know well. Muehlenbeckia axillaris ‘Golden Girl’ 2023 – CHW Decent garden…

…and Gold’ with ripe bright red quinces. Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson and Gold’ A single very late flower on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Erica canaliculata glowing…

…new things in flower for the first time here. Camellia reticulata x sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ would probably be unexciting in March but is rather good in November. I have no…

…small ripe quinces on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. We saw more of these earlier in the autumn when still green. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ View 3rd January 1897 – 2020…

…skeletal leaves surviving un-rotted into March. Here under a Magnolia dawsoniana. skeletal leaves The shrubby and spreading Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ on the lawn is making a show just as the…

…incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Back…

…yet. new sluice gate in Penvergate Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ is just coming into flower by the tower. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Snowdrift’ is flowering above Four…

…get on under Gerry’s guidance without any fuss or drama, and complete the last minute fiddling which Gerry and Louisa are so good at. The emerging story of the show…

…Hampton Court. Drama because we had to remove several banned plants from the stand (oaks!) but sales good. Dodoneas and hydrangeas particularly. Hydrangea seemannii now full out and splendid. Hydrangea…

…tallest magnolia’ but there we are. We are so taken in by social media drama and lies on behalf of every pressure group who ever earnt a fee that truth…

…is doing night time major roadworks which seems sensible. Now that Boris has ‘got it’ what drama next? I fear for the occupants of Windsor Castle who I suspect are…

…etc. To listen to the BBC the NHS is at breaking point or beyond. A great national crisis and newsworthy drama.Then one hears that 20% of NHS staff are ‘absent’….