…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 butterfly…

…planted azaleas in Kennel Close which were wilting.Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ at its best on Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’…

…white bracts above Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ First full out flowers on Brassaiopsis dumicola and another flower forming for next year. Brassaiopsis dumicola…

…records give no clue. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ A pure white evergreen azalea flowering today by Georges Hut. The leaves do not look like it has…

…very fine today. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Aesculus wilsonii seems to flower a fortnight later than all other species. Individual flowers are pink or yellow. Aesculus…

…and flower. Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ – not a million miles away from ‘Captain Rawes’. Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain…

…hint of pink before they finally brown off. Quite an array of colours when you look closely at the same time. A valuable plant! Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouillere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouillere’…

…this plant set new flowers when the main crop of flowers are over and have turned greenish with red-purple tints? Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea…

…‘Vanille Fraise’ starting to go pink all over. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Peacock butterfly on a buddleia and on the ground Peacock butterfly Peacock butterfly 2024 – CHW Flower buds…

…my desk. When I get there they are already over. Hydrangea serratifolia Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ by the greenhouse. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ The 14 plants bought from Crug Farm…

…Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere Hydrangea Madame E Mouillere 1989 – FJW The garden is suffering from drought as badly as I have seen it. It is…

…macrocarpa Magnolia ‘Pink Butterfly’ (M. ‘Big Dude’ x M. ‘Vulcan’). Magnolia ‘Pink Butterfly’ Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’ absolutely excellent (M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’). Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’ Magnolia…

…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 enough! Again I…

…over the years. A start has been made on the first 100 or so meters in Butterfly Field. Quite a bit of sone has been dug out of the debris…

…crown of the Turkey oak taken from the front door. Turkey oak I do not recognise this tiny butterfly enjoying the very last of the knapweed. tiny butterfly The crown…

…day or two (obviously). Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ even better today. The white Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ has taken on a hint of blue as a result of the heatwave (now…

…E Mouilliere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ still has colour at the Red Linney. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ has…

…‘Joseph Banks’ still holding colour in January! Less so than last January perhaps. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Likewise Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ still has good white mopheads amid many…

…February! Perhaps this old plant is something special to propagate from. Remind Asia. Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Jurys Yellow’ beside the drive…

…‘Madame Butterfly’ – pink/bicolour C. speciosa ‘Salmon Horizon’ C. speciosa ‘Orange Storm’ C. x superba ‘Apple Blossom’ – pink and white – variegated C. x superba ‘Issari White’ – tiny…