…‘Taiga’ really is an outstanding show. Clematis florida ‘Taiga’ Clematis florida ‘Taiga’ Delphinium ‘Wishful Thinking’ will be a pleasant bicoloured addition to next year’s catalogue. Carpinus tuczaninowii will be new…

…Boris, again, for doing so much better now!The ghastly woman on Radio 4’s Today programme continues to bleat and sneer in equal measure thinking this is good journalism.How I missed…

…that two large magnolias are thinking its spring and already shedding the outer coverings on their flowers. The result of a mild and wet summer. magnolias are thinking its spring…

…Tilia species. I hope I have left enough room for them to grow into trees. Tilia chingiana Tilia chingiana Thinking about it when we clear the remainder of the Leylandii…

…and would do so whatever landowners did to try to stop it. As ever Dad was well ahead of his time in thinking this way as Porthluney Beach had only…

…is we will end up paying a retired vicar to take our services and reduce our contributions to the MMF accordingly in the future. Others are clearly thinking on similar…

…is massively different to ours. Smallish flowers are yellowish not pure white. You could be forgiven for thinking that the leaves were those of a Lithocarpus. Ours is clearly wrongly…

…rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Sorbus japonica covered in berries. When you look at them you could be forgiven for thinking that they were malus berries! Red fruits with brown…

…attached so you can see how the thinking has gone. There is not enough room for all of it so a few things need to be dropped and excluded. clearing…

…new to us which looks quite tender and some thinking will be needed to find a suitable location. Quite a contrast between the large older leaves and the smaller young…

…engage in insightful discussions and share their thinking and approaches to strike the delicate balance between conserving our cherished heritage and allowing it to thrive in a modern, changing world….

…a final photograph Despite thinking that we had too many plants for the area at the outset it is now pretty clear that we will have plenty more to add…

…behind standing to cut out the wind and under draft. Good thinking! Cut back one Camellia ‘Debbie’ First flower (frosted) at the very top of Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’. Camellia ‘Anticipation…

…– the fifth in a row. Pigeons cooing all round and thinking spring has come and time to mate. I fear they may yet be in for a nasty shock.Seed…

…all the buds thinking they were dead. Droopy habit. Camellia chekiangoleosa Camellia chekiangoleosa Polyspora longicarpa (formerly gordonia) – gordonias are now limited to American species and polyspora are the Asian…

…at the very top of the plant and others are experiencing this too. So current thinking is that the New Zealand ozone hole and/or the tribulations of transporting the plants…

…other garden tour groups in buses are cancelling and we will all be home working soon as the country shuts down completely. Plenty of time for writing and thinking amid…

…have bred well at the Hovel but, in the early mornings, the telephone wires are already full of martins and swallows thinking about migration or perhaps just more bad weather…

…the Auklandii Garden. old original plant old original plant A new clump of Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ You could be forgiven for thinking there are now…

…to Hillier’s but worth a try at Caerhays. I have puzzled over this plant for several years thinking it might be a clerodendron species but suddenly now it has a…