17th December

…– CHW The Isla Rose Plantation is now all rabbit wired and staked. Starting to take shape for the future! Isla Rose Plantation Isla Rose Plantation Isla Rose Plantation Isla…

4th July

…attractive even if much of the pink had faded. Photinia serratifolia ‘Crispy Pink’ Some good new double flowered Osteospermum: ‘Blackberry Shake’ ‘Blackberry Shake’ ‘Double Orange Centre’ ‘Double Orange Centre’ ‘Double…

9th July

…are so unusual and no mention of this in the reference book. climbing specie rose climbing specie rose 2015 – CHW Unpleasantly hot but a trip to Thompson’s Garden Centre…

13th July

…I saw were far too pot bound to be planted successfully now. Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ – was quite…

2nd June

…Lamorran Gardens Robert Dudley-Cooke has recently planted a rose garden with 175 varieties – mainly old historic ones. His desire is to prove that you can grow a decent rose

21st January

…best of the bholuas. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Forty squirrels in the last two weeks. Finally the problem is under control thanks…

15th June

…deliberately closely planted trio of Betula albosinensis ‘China Rose’ (in the Isla Rose planting) due to the recent drought and last summer’s. Betula albosinensis ‘China Rose’ Pterocarya tonkinensis has moved…

7th January

…about two to three weeks ago. Mahonia japonica Mahonia japonica Still plenty of young leaves on the banksian rose hard pruned last spring to revive it. banksian rose banksian rose

13th February

…Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ – OUTSTANDING and a huge flower Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne…

1st August

…be claiming the credit but this one has been here for decades! a really decent rose a really decent rose a really decent rose Off to Will Caws’ amazing chalk…