…into a little more colour by the east wind. magnolia has been blown into a little more colour The large clump of Sarcocca hookeriana var digyna by the cash point…

…even if blown open a little early. This is its third year of flowering and, now, one can see its full potential. Registration comes closer and I hope to get…

…we had believed was Cornus bretschneideri but Hillier’s recently disputed this and said it was C. controversa when we supplied them with another self-sown seedling. I remain a little unconvinced….

…back yard. rainbow More geese are visiting the lake but the pair of swans are seeing them off in a fury of flapping wings. geese Another nice little bit of…

…paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ the rain has allowed it to produce a set of flowers. They are still small but already a little over. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ We have all…

…much more open rounded flower habit and smaller than No. 2. No. 3 No. 3 No. 4 was the second to come into full flower. A little darker than No….

…it is now rather more of a shrub than a tree. Planted in 2000 and the spelling in the planting records for that year needs a little correction (Maackia chinensis…

…Cercidiphyllum were very badly affected by this all over the country. A very dry spot with little shade. Cercidiphyllum japonicum A buddleia dies but shoots vigorously anew from the base….

…camellia world after the US as I suppose it should! Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ 2016 – CHW Despite a little frost on Saturday morning (the first for the…

…base. Further up the stem little has changed for a year. bark bark Rhododendron griersonianum nearly over. Rhododendron griersonianum Photinia macrophylla with neither big leaves nor flowers but this plant…