6th April

…tickets just for primroses just as the snowdrop gardens do in January/February. Then everyone could just look at their feet. I wonder why the three Vaccinium floribundum above the greenhouse…

31st March

…them been over cooked I thought. 1901 – JCW The following show colour – Commodore, Griflamme, Firework, Dante just picked, Jacko, Glory of Leiden just shows colour, also G Bell,…

8th May

…selected by Joe McDaniel of Illinois University. Another for the collection. Magnolia ‘Champaign’ The three Fairy Michelias all just out together in a row. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ – just out….

30th March

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ just opening and Acacia cultriformis just going over. Magnolia…

2nd April

…did not bode well for show entries today. Rhododendron schlippenbachii just coming out on the drive. The clump in the garden is hardly showing yet. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Amelanchier lamarckii just

9th April

…the Punch Bowl which we have lost. Azalea ‘Oino-Mezame’ Azalea ‘Oino-Mezame’ A picture of the Punch Bowl just coming out. the Punch Bowl just coming out Azalea ‘Katsura-no-hana’ – Kirume….

12th April

…a particularly interesting species but the pigeons have been enjoying the opening buds for the last few days. Prunus mahaleb Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ just coming out. It really is green in…

8th March

…so I guess). What a bloody muddle this is becoming! ‘Michael’s Purple’ is not MSI registered unless very recent indeed. This plant is just beside the seat in the Camiellia…

4th March

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’s’ in Old Park just coming to its best show. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Isla, Lamorna and Bea in Old Park. Isla, Lamorna and Bea in Old Park Magnolia…

13th April

…Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ just coming out. Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Rhododendron morii at its best. Rhododendron morii Rhododendron augustinii just coming out. Rhododendron augustinii Rain damage in Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’. Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’…