…ever. Half a dozen adders under a sheet of galvanised iron. This is the herb wild marjoram in a variety of colours. wild marjoram wild marjoram Then two prevalent tiny…

…Solent. view over the Solent view over the Solent An invasive weed literally strangling individual plants in the wild flower meadow. wild flower meadow The wild flower meadow is cut…

…in a damp location and I cannot find it in my wild flower books as yet. unknown as yet wild flower unknown as yet wild flower 2019 – CHW Cutting…

…over. wild campion Erigeron karvinskianus (syn mucronatus) now at its early season best, growing wild on and in the walls. The immature flowers are pink in full sun but all…

…not, it seems, as a wildflower. Ajuga reptans Ajuga reptans Another common woodland garden wildflower is Filipendula ulmaria, Meadowsweet, which often gets mown off before it can flower properly as…

…Countryside Stewardship Scheme. Wonderful wild flower meadows Wonderful wild flower meadows The red/ pink flowered Magnolia delavayi below the Kitchen Garden. Magnolia delavayi The second grass cut of the Malus…

…indochinense. Rehderodendron indochinense Rehderodendron indochinense A startlingly good batch of wild violets on a hot sunny bank. Some are much darker than others. wild violets wild violets The white Rhododendron…

…wasnt a known wild source plant. What was the origin of your plant I wonder? Maybe it will still be flowering this weekend? There shouldnt be any difficulty with M….

…Society yearbook in 2023 which I had asked him to peer review. This plant flowered here spectacularly for the first time last spring and came from a wild collection in…

…‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Surprisingly early to see a flower on Magnolia x wieseneri ‘Aashild Kalleberg’. Magnolia x wieseneri ‘Aashild…

…the IDS lecture on this Acer, and its rarity today in the wild due to the building of new dams, I rather hope so. Acer pentaphyllum Acer pentaphyllum Rhododendron ‘Damaris’…

…Elsewhere bluebells. A veritable carpet of flowers. Cyclamen coum, coloured primroses and wild primulas Cyclamen coum, coloured primroses and wild primulas A pleasant surprise. At last an unnoticed Melliodendron xylocarpum…

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…the path much improved since we have cleared the tree cover. Another of the same One of the three original plants here of the wild collected Magnolia campbellii Alba. This…

…just starting to flower as a large shrub under glass. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ An unnamed wild collected Hedychium which Tom gave us a plant of last year. Tender and…

…bank I find clumps of unusually pale wild violets. wild violets Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’ is well up the bank and had largely escaped. Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’ Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’ The…

…in the blog six days ago. true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ A smashing display of wild Cyclamen coum above the gents’ loo. wild Cyclamen coum And the first coloured…

…Camellia reticulata ‘Arch of Triumph’ Camellia xylocarpa which has huge seed pods. Tom collected this in the wild. Not a lot to recommend the flowers but the leaves are easily…

…green leaves from last year on a young Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’. Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ Snowdrops already over and setting seed. Snowdrops The first ‘wild’ daffodils are just out (late) by the Four…

…usual here, going over.   The newspapers are full of stories of ‘early’ wild flowers and especially primroses and wild daffodils. However the diary proves that, cold winters with snow…