5th April

…Cornwall but a really pleasant impact when seen through the mature trees in dappled sunlight. Views across the ‘Japanese’ garden with the first camellias   Views across the ‘Japanese’ garden…

6th April

…extra varieties. The Stand list is attached. named Japanese cherries named Japanese cherries named Japanese cherries named Japanese cherries Tilia endochrysea looking at its best. Tilia endochrysea Rehderodendron indochinense and…

30th May

…reference book is written by a Fred C Galle. More pictures and less obscure Japanese names would be great. How many times is one asked ‘are azaleas all rhododendrons or…

4th July

…‘General Sikorski’ Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ and Clematis ‘General Sikorski’ First flower buds on Japanese anemones contrast nicely too with nearly over nepeta. Clever colour and seasonal matches to continue interest…

4th August

…no flowers that I have seen as yet. Viburnum atrocyaneum Viburnum atrocyaneum Viburnum phlebotricum struggling in the heat. A Japanese species which grows to about 10 feet if it survives?…

18th September

…of Japanese anemones. Japanese anemones The Hook Norton dray horses attended the party and were rewarded with pints of beer which they consumed very quickly indeed. dray horses dray horses…

25th October

…of the Japanese Camellia sasanqua in the UK, visited to look at our five elderly sasanqua plants along the castle wall. These date possibly from 1900 or 1902 in the…

26th March

…and the flowers will open out flat which is the great attribute of this Japanese magnolia. So far it does not look to be going to grow too big. A…

7th May

…grown from a Caerhays scion. Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ The best thing today at Wisley were the matsumae Japanese

22nd April

…Hancock will be forced to fall on his sword and resign but how many NHS bigwigs will he take with him? None presumably!Larix kaempferi, Japanese larch, just coming into leaf….