…well and excellent. Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Valley Splendour’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ is nearly as good a dark colour as ‘Felix Jury’. Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Magnolia…

…cultivation. Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Rhododendron gongshanense flowering for the first time that I have noticed here anyway. The pocket guide to rhodo species has no picture of…

…to Prunus ‘Felix Jury’ really but this one is out much earlier. Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Our best Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ is also suddenly out as well. No…

…effort. Noticeable however is how much more quickly the new growth has come where there were not flower heads. Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Rhododendron arizelum Rhododendron arizelum Seeds pods forming after…

…‘Collingwood Ingram’ is a much lighter colour in flower than ‘Felix Jury’. Excellent! Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ Wonderful peeling bark in the sunlight on Betula prattii. Planted in…

…Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’. Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’ Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’ The gingers…

…great grandfather, and Captain Collingwood Ingram (‘Cherry’ Ingram) when the latter sought advice as to what to next when pensioned from serving in the British Indian Army at a young…

…these are small hedgerow cherries with striped cherry bark and no thorns. The blackthorn is growing in amongst the cherry but is not out yet. It might be a hybrid…

…number. Eisenhut reference book Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ is nearly as good a red as the P. campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ of a day or two ago. Prunus ‘Collingwood…

…young trees from damage. Kania 2000 trap The lovely Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ just starting to show (P. campanulata x P. incisa). Bred by Collingwood Ingram. Prunus x incam ‘Okame’…

…4,500 cherry trees all covered by nets and plastic covers. They produce a tonne of cherries a day in season. Quite delicious! Godshill cherry farm Godshill cherry farm Godshill cherry…

…a cascade as yet!Two 2003 (and one earlier) plants of Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ (‘Okame’ to us!), a Collingwood Ingram cherry hybrid, are just out by the tower. Hillier’s says…

…Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Iris hookeri with very pronounced and rounded seed heads. Iris hookeri Alstroemeria psittacina with flowers that are an odd mix of…

…of cherries from Japan on Collingwood Ingram’s advice. I have yet to research all this but the Japanese names will be a torture and I see that the botanists have…

…seen it in maturity. Heuchera ‘Cherry Cola’ Heuchera ‘Cherry Cola’ Hemerocallis ‘Autumn Red’ is one we can dig up and split to avoid buying it in for a bit. Hemerocallis…

…roe deer on this weeping cherry. weeping cherry weeping cherry Sorbus prattii with just two clusters of white berries. Sorbus prattii Photinia villosa var. zollingeri rather sparsely berried. Photinia villosa…

…of the outdoor plant display area. New plants seen were:Digitalis ‘Cherry Brandy’ – growing to about 18’’ in a pot. Digitalis ‘Cherry Brandy’ Digitalis ‘Cherry Brandy’ Scabiosa ‘Warburton’s Pink Mist’…

…the Crûg Farm collection of Magnolia (Michelia) floribunda var. tonkinensis. Magnolia (Michelia) floribunda var. tonkinensis Exciting moment! The first time I have ever seen Maddenia hypoleuca in flower. Cherry like…

…cherry unknown cherry The Rhododendron kiusianum hybrid is very fine and a huge plant well worth propagating. We saw pink and white forms at Windsor but none quite as pretty…

…Paeonia mlokosewitschii Tilia paucicostata which we have recently planted in Tin Garden. Deutzia ‘Cherry Dream’ in the Hilliers Garden Centre. Deutzia ‘Cherry Dream’ Quercus longistyla was a gift from Thomas…