…groundcover in the sun Acaenia microphylla ‘Kupferteppich’ Acaenia microphylla ‘Kupferteppich’ Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Knautia macedonica ‘Thunder and Lightning’ Knautia macedonica ‘Thunder and Lightning’…

…Widdringtonia schwarzii Widdringtonia schwarzii Eucryphia wilkiei – another rarity. Eucryphia wilkiei Coprosma rigida in flower. Coprosma rigida Coprosma rigida Coprosma rigida Alseuosmia macrophylla in bud and flower. A striking New…

…plants for next spring. Is it hardy I wonder? Not very tall growing (unlike our Verbena bonariensis) which will appeal to some. Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Another gaura…

…would buy a plant on a day like this? Bramley Plants Verbena rigida again. Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Verbena bonariensis ‘Lollipop’ had a dwarf habit and very pale pink flower….

…of colours. Diospyros lotus Verbena rigida still looking fresh even in October. Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ with its striking mottled blue berries. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ Ampelopsis brevipedunculata…

…tidy and well laid out but, strangely, nowhere near as much in flower as in early July last year. Verbena rigida grows less tall than V. bonariensis and is just…

…longaeva Fucraea longaeva Yucca rigida in flower. Yucca rigida At the entrance to Ventnor gardens an extraordinary sight. Dracunclus vulgaris in full flower from within a clump of Fascicularia. Dracunclus…

…the much lower growing Verbena rigida was effective. Verbena bonariensis and the much lower growing Verbena rigida So was Verbena bonariensis and agapanthus. Verbena bonariensis and agapanthus 2017 – CHW…

…this pictures of his Meliosma rigida which has started to exhibit its colourful bark splitting and resultant coloured patination. Not a species of Meliosma which we grow or know here….

…this was a grafted Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’. We did not! Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Wonderful bark on Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. rigida which had flowered for…

…more species of Meliosma with gigantic leaves as a large tree. No flowers yet. Labelled M. aff. rigida but this is not correct Tom believes. Is it even a Meliosma?We…

…rigida Euphorbia rigide Pinus palustris Pinus palustris Pinus palustris Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Coleonema…