…away. Sadly too tender to plant out. Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ Plectranthus argentatus nicely in flower. A touch of blue in the individual flowers on the flower spikes. Plectranthus argentatus Plectranthus…

…Pheas painting one of the front gates. The other side misses the sun and only needed a touch up. front gates White wisteria in a yew tree in the Rookery…

…200 year old (grafted) weeping beech. (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’). The lower branches develop large growths which will ultimately also develop roots when they touch the ground. Quite the biggest and…

…years.A few days later James Garnett from SEVE Nantes, France, got in touch about their Magnolia martinii: […] here is a glimpse of what is happening in Nantes, our Magnolia…

…collect them in November. Personally I find the smell of quinces sickly bordering on retch so I would not touch the jam if you paid me. quince shrub quince shrub…

…protestors block the M5 and A30 so only the very slow coastal route home via Dorchester and Honiton. Marwood Hill Garden have just won a Gold Medal at Hampton Court…

…a very good new cornus. Note the size of the fly compared to the flower! Was a Spanish gold coin really as big as this? Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Cornus kousa…

…2016 – CHW Off to the Royal Cornwall Show where four stands have to be visited and time taken to support:Burncoose Nurseries stand had won a Gold Medal and Justin…

…Tennis Court beside the path. Camellia ‘Little Bit’ Camellia ‘Little Bit’ Rhododendron spinuliferum like we saw last week at Trewithen. Gold red colour but not full out yet. This is…