…campanulatus variety called ‘Showy Lantern’ Enkianthus campanulatus variety called ‘Showy Lantern’ A daffodil clump still out on the day we say hooray for the start of outdoor sex! daffodil clump…

…Blush” “Everards’s Delight” – a Loder bred variety “Everards’s Delight” “Everards’s Delight” ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Bonanza’ – the best red we…

…season flower on this variety. Azalea ‘Greenway’ 2015 – CHW I have just missed the very best of the Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’ (now ‘Sango kaku’) clump planted in 1913 and…

…Perhaps a Sorbus intermedia but not a Sorbus aucuparia variety I think. Odd that in such a cold winter the birds have ignored this tree. Could not find a definitive…

…garden of this variety. Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Rhododendron fargesii full out in the main quarry. I showed this starting to come out at least five weeks ago….

…as yet. Magnolia ‘Lois’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ just showing but not with much scent as yet. We never thought this variety tough enough to develop and grow but it…

…and Quercus acuta contrasting well. Kalopanax septemlobus Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ properly into flower which it has seldom managed in recent years. A tender variety easily set back and partially defoliated…

…out today as the ‘must have’ reticulata variety of the 35 individually photographed. I need to get to these earlier next year. 2016 – CHW Meeting with Philip Brown to…

…name but good variety. Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Selina’ – not much in the trade now but good. Hydrangea ‘Selina’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ which can be red or purple…

…Balls’ Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ Then on to Busy Bee Garden Centre which had less stock in variety than usual but was busy. Photinia serratifolia ‘Crispy Pink’ was looking very…