…is out for the first time ever with us. A gentle light yellow flower with a large flower cluster. Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ Clematis florida ‘Taiga’…

…Rookery. Rhododendron weyrichii Azalea ‘Western Lights’ (or so the plans say) with very blue foliage. Azalea ‘Western Lights’ Hypericum augustinii was a 2022 gift from Maurice Foster. Huge flowers. Hypericum…

…largest Viburnum rhytidophyllum I have ever seen. Viburnum rhytidophyllum A good clump of Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’? Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ A large Nyssa sylvatica. Nyssa sylvatica Quercus suber…

…Quercus gilva 2020 – CHW So Lord Bragg and the other leading lights in the art/cultural world want (a mere) £50 billion from the government (just like those nice Germans…

…gladioli This is rather more like it for August. rather more like August Even the tea towels enlighten. tea towels Peacock butterflies on a Buddleja davidii ‘Empire Blue’. Buddleja davidii…

…blue-black berries on Cornus controversa. Cornus controversa A rather better flower now on Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ (BWJ 8116). Last week’s picture did not do it justice. A very intricate flower….

…‘Inchmery’ which we forgot to gather on Wednesday. Cotoneaster ‘Inchmery’ Shrivelled blue/black seedpods on Decaisnea fargesii. Decaisnea fargesii The leaf on Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ is just turning. Magnolia obovata…

…in flower. A touch of blue in the individual flowers on the flower spikes. Plectranthus argentatus Plectranthus argentatus Acer calcaratum with unusual shaped leaves. Acer calcaratum A cutting grown Camellia…

…or yellowish-green in panicles at the end of its branches and dark blue nut-like fruits. Research suggests that little is known about this plant in Europe or the USA and…

…see what other Camellia sasanquas are out earlier than ever. In the Beatrice Fleur planting below White Styles field only 2 of the 20+ new varieties are out as yet….

…on Illicium griffithii (WW7 11911). Also the blue pods on Decaisnea fargesii. 2021 – CHW From the Werrington archives appears a May 1885 plan of the Caerhays cellar and an…

…I wish I knew more about fungi! fungi fungi fungi Clerodendron trichotomum is producing a wonderful crop of blue seeds inside red calyxes. An attractive tree at this time of…

…with its striking mottled blue berries. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ Back here one of our largest Magnolia delavayi has split in half on the Main Ride. Magnolia delavayi…

…not stopped a squirrel making a pile of eaten ones. Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Large numbers of blue seedpods nearly ripe on Decaisnea fargesii. Decaisnea…

…Hydrangeas are nice, are not very blue. Fuchsias for the first time are most excellent, they give us more colour and variety of colour than any other shrub. 1912 –…

…away for 3 months. The Lithospermum of Sir Francis is the best thing out. Solanums, woodwardias, cassias, musas, lemon plant are all nice. Clematis panniculata promises well. Cyclamen very nice.…

…rain but a nice clutch of the next flowers show colour today. Camellia sasanqua 2021 – CHW A colchicum in flower outside the anteroom. A brief moment before it gets…

…thousand times but taken no notice of until now when it is covered in fruits. It was planted in the early 1990s and has become a suckering multi stemmed shrub…

…darker pink one. The camellia season is starting all over again. Marvellous! Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua The big find today was Symplocus paniculata simply plastered in blue berries. Last year…

…a nice double white evergreen form. Presumably this is a secondary flush. Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ The very first flowers this year (blown open) of Camellia x williamsii…