24th September

…jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ and Salvia ‘Amistad’. salvias Salvia ‘Amethyst Lips’ in a pot. Salvia ‘Amethyst Lips’ The newly planted Ternstroemia aff. chapensis. A new species here. Ternstroemia aff. chapensis Ternstroemia…

18th July

…Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Salvia ‘Amistad’ was a good tall growing form with dark flowers. As good as ‘Love and Wishes’ perhaps? Salvia ‘Amistad’ Salvia ‘Amistad’ 2017 –…

15th September

…(6-8’’ long)! Salvia dombeyi Salvia dombeyi At last we see the first tiny flower buds ever seen by us on Berberidopsis beckleri. Asia has propagated enough of these now to…

26th July

…‘Icing Sugar’ is yet another ‘new’ one of these tender things but quite nice. I wonder who raised all these. Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’ may be the best? Salvia ‘Icing Sugar’…

9th June

…saw then. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ 2019 – CHW Styrax japonicus ‘Jippei-Kawamure’ has huge flowers with large petals and is quite unlike Styrax ‘Emerald…

1st July

Salvia ‘Black and Blue’ nicely out by the drawing room window. It shows up well against the Pentewan granite. Salvia ‘Black and Blue’ Salvia ‘Black and Blue’ The Magnolia delavayi…

14th November

…Pittosporum tunnel restocked. Pittosporum tunnel Salvia ‘Waverley’ still in full flower. Salvia ‘Waverley’ Salvia ‘Waverley’ Tibouchina urvilleana ‘Variegata’ Tibouchina urvilleana ‘Variegata’ Itea virginica ‘Merlot’ with autumn colours. Itea virginica ‘Merlot’…

29th March

…lost the label. Quite pretty especially in bud. Is it Salvia interrupta as the reference books suggest? Help please. [See Andre´Johnke’s helpful response in the comment section below!] salvia The…

1st December

…trough outside the estate office as well. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ The first yellow flowers are just out on the bushy Jasminum humile ‘Revolutum’…

9th July

…well into last autumn. No frost to speak of so here it is again. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ These hemerocallis were a gift to my father 40 years…