…Clematis alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ Clematis alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ Clematis alpina ‘Francis Rivis’ just coming out which is much darker in colour. Clematis alpina ‘Francis Rivis’ Clematis alpina ‘Francis Rivis’ Picea…

…Schefflera macrophylla Schefflera alpina has seeds like ivy berries in similar clusters. Schefflera alpina Schefflera alpina Schefflera alpina Schefflera alpina Some schefflera species flowered in late summer and some in…

…Schefflera alpina is hidden away in a glade but doing quite well. Does not look that ‘alpina’ to me! Schefflera alpina Schefflera alpina FJW’s cross of Rhododendron moorii x Rhododendron…

…larger. Again I missed the flowers despite looking through the summer. Schefflera alpina Schefflera alpina I suspect a cold winter will put paid to the current fad for these Taiwanese…

…Mespilus germanica ‘Nottingham’ This Schefflera alpina was planted in 2010 and is already 12ft tall. The new growth is oddly ‘umbrella-like’ and more attractive than I had thought. Schefflera alpina…

…light following the pollarding of a nearby yew. Schefflera alpina Schefflera alpina The very elderly Hydrangea sargentiana in the Auklandii Garden is just out. There used to be several sprawling…

…seen this before. Schefflera alpina Schefflera alpina Another dead mature magnolia! This time Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’. No obvious cause. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ Euphorbia stygiana was trimmed back on…

…a young plant. Quite different in colour to S. pauciflora. Schefflera alpina Schefflera alpina An elderly Rhododendron hookeri with attractive peeling bark which I had not taken in before. There…

…catalogue is Phyllocladus trichomanoides var. alpina. This very slow growing dwarf plant was a gift from the head gardener at Mount Congreve originally in 2007. Phyllocladus trichomanoides var. alpina Phyllocladus…

…in flower today were some newer additions to the website and an old favourite or two as well: Clematis alpina ‘Broughton Bride’ Clematis alpina ‘Broughton Bride’ Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’…