20th June

…tone. The best show I have seen here. Actinidia deliciosa ‘Tomuri’ Actinidia deliciosa ‘Tomuri’ Actinidia deliciosa ‘Tomuri’ Rhododendron auriculatum just coming out after the rain. Rhododendron auriculatum The supposed Magnolia…

24th April

…to Llanfair Court for the grand opening of the new rockery border. Actinidia kolomitka covering a wall. Actinidia kolomitka Actinidia kolomitka Cutting the ribbon with Terence, Lizzie and Thomas. Big…

3rd December

…the Stable Flat. Gutter damage Actinidia deliciosa with good autumn colour by the gents’ loo long after the intertwined wisteria has shed its leaves. Actinidia deliciosa Actinidia deliciosa 2018 –…

1st June

…– CHW The flower buds on Hydrangea seemanii are well developed on the wall. Hydrangea seemanii Hydrangea seemanii As they are on Actinidia deliciosa. Both much earlier than usual. Actinidia

12th December

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ laden with buds for next year with only a few old leaves left. A bumper flowering in prospect. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Actinidia deliciosa ‘Tomuri’…

23rd June

…full flower. Huodendron biaristratum Actinidia arguta ‘Issai’ buzzing like a beehive with bees. Actinidia arguta ‘Issai’ Campylotropis macrocarpa is a totally new plant/shrub to me. Need to look up what…

18th November

…at Penvergate The garden at Penvergate Amid the brambles and mess an Actinidia deliciosa with small ripe fruit. Actinidia deliciosa Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ with its full autumn colour….

5th July

…of the Needles, Isle of Wight, a row of three chalk stacks rising out of the sea with a lighthouse on the farthest one 1927 – JCW The Actinidia in…

17th May

…just out above the gents’ urinals. It used to mingle with an Actinidia but is now better on its own. Wisteria floribunda ‘Black Dragon’ The very last single flower on…

16th March

…still allowed to be called this) which is a quarterly RHS magazine. These are twining climbers related to Actinidia. Two species were discovered by Ernest Wilson in 1908. Magnolia ‘Lanarth…