3rd November

…planting today; mainly in Old Park and Bond Street. Perhaps 250 new things in total planted out. Planting lists to do.Secondary new growth on Pittosporum bicolor by the Kennels in…

20th September

…either. Clematis armandii Clematis armandii But it is very common in Cytisus ‘Porlock’. Cytisus ‘Porlock’ The last flower for this year on Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Eucomis bicolor’s flowering stems…

13th April

…J B W Cassum is well out, one or two Waterers are open. 1898 – JCW Dielytras starting into flower also parrot tulips, bicolor not open. The seedling beds are…

26th June

…gives an interesting colour variation in foliage from a distance. This is already a big tree 10 years from planting. Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartinii’…

9th March

…and I bought 15 for £15 each. Cycas revoluta Cycas revoluta Cycas revoluta Also a huge batch of Fascicularia bicolor with no colour showing yet but good plants. I bought…

16th April

…on Acer campestre ‘Red Shine’. Acer campestre ‘Red Shine’ Although this is incorrectly labelled Abies bicolor var. alcoquiana it is in fact the pretty rare Picea alcoquiana (syn. Picea bicolor)….

4th March

…azalea in the flesh! Rather battered even in a mild winter. Camellia azalea Camellia reticulata ‘Mystique’ a new one for me and a bicolor. Camellia reticulata ‘Mystique’ 2023 – CHW…

30th July

…crimson flowers and is probably a hybrid of Cestrum elegans. The foliage is different though. Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’ is probably sufficiently different and bicolor

2nd August

…I have only ever seen in flower before in pots in the nursery. Chitalpa taskentensis A eucomis species with white rather than green flowers. Not the Eucomis bicolor which we…

26th January

…x williamsii ‘Bicolor’? Or ‘Isla Rose’ after my eldest granddaughter? It is growing reasonably near the Isla Rose Plantation. Isla Rose not a bad selling name once we get this…