31st July

…A variety of foreign butterflies being fed on oranges and grapes as well as the expected buddleia, hibiscus and lantana. The butterfly bit The butterfly bit The butterfly bit The…

12th April

…(formerly Nuccio’s No 16) – much as its name implies and impressive both in bud and flower. Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ –…

22nd June

…wilting.Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ at its best on Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Styrax wuyuanensis at its absolute best but…

5th June

…it is Azalea ‘Bell Merville’. deciduous azaleas deciduous azaleas Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ with white spidery bracts and looking very fine today. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’…

11th June

…with variably curled bracts. The planting records give no clue. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ A pure white evergreen azalea flowering today by Georges Hut. The leaves…

9th July

…the sauna that was Butterfly World with its associated garden centre. A quick glance at the size of the brambles in the hedges around the car park should have been…

1st October

…elliptica ‘James Roof’ The last pictures of the only half intact crown of the Turkey oak taken from the front door. Turkey oak I do not recognise this tiny butterfly

11th February

…180 Miss Marble (fastigiate) C3 80/100 Nelly C3 80/100 Pink Butterfly C7,5 140 Summer Lady C7,5 120/140 April Melody C3 80/100 Avalon C3 60/80 Black Tulip x Ian’s Red #01…

24th April

…just out. Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Staphylea trifoliata is now a small tree and full out. Staphylea trifoliata Staphylea trifoliata Staphylea trifoliata Azalea ‘Greenway’ fronting a Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’…

26th April

…rounded yellow fruits C. speciosa ‘Madame Butterfly’ – pink/bicolour C. speciosa ‘Salmon Horizon’ C. speciosa ‘Orange Storm’ C. x superba ‘Apple Blossom’ – pink and white – variegated C. x…

28th May

…I spot the first small blue butterfly of the year but the dog flushes it before I can get a happy snap. Rhododendron prinophyllums Rhododendron prinophyllums Azalea – carpeted in…

31st May

butterfly rhododendron, in the Main Quarry. I fear this group are overflowering and at the end of their lives but we do have plenty of younger plants coming on. Rhododendron…

3rd June

…habit. I wonder which moth (or butterfly) does the damage? Years ago we had a birch species in the Rookery which was similarly and quite specifically defoliated in spring by…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 4)

…At first we enter the heat of the butterfly house where there is a tropical species of Salvia (no name). Seaforde opens from Easter to 1st October and had 27,000…