25th October

…which is typical of ginkgos. I will try to catch up with the other varieties when they turn colour. Ginkgo ‘Jade Butterflies’ Ginkgo ‘Jade Butterflies’ Ginkgo ‘Jade Butterflies’ Liquidamber styraciflua…

27th June

…planting here. Another unusual but very attractive leaf formation which is so different from the gingko cultivar last week. Gingko ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko ‘Jade Butterflies’ First flower…

31st July

…biloba Gingko biloba Gingko biloba Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ in full sun on a hot bank. Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba…

22nd June

…rhododendrons Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ with its attractive leaves. Planted 2009. Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Impressive new growth on Taxus baccata ‘Semperaurea’. Taxus baccata ‘Semperaurea’ Viburnum…

10th April

…Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Cardinal’ – stand out best in flower so far. Malus ‘Cardinal’ – stand out best in flower so far. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus…

29th September

…Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’ Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’ Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Royal beauty’ Malus ‘Royal beauty’…

26th December

…First snow of winter and 8 degrees of frost. 1920 – JCW Very little open because of the recent frost. Erica darleyense by far the best thin. Lapagerias and Cam…

21st March

…and darkish purple. Magnolia ‘March-Till-Frost’ Magnolia ‘March-Till-Frost’ The nearly pure white form of Camellia reticulata is an excellent plant. Camellia reticulata Camellia reticulata A flower bud already (four to six…

11th March

…continues 8-10 degrees of frost. 1931 – JCW We had a frost last night which cleared the best lot of bloom we ever had on Rhodo’s on this day in…

29th March

…squarrosa hard hit by frost. Will new fronds still emerge? Doubtful. Dicksonia squarrosa Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ with superb new growth appearing on this dwarfish shrub. No frost damage…