…lot of New Zealand plants to Ventnor in the spring but I could not find where they had been planted. Perhaps still in the frames beside the greenhouse? No sign…

…vigorous grower Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ – starts as a pink lacecap and fades to green and…

…packing shed. Romneya coulteri 2021 – CHW A visit to the greenhouse to see what new was out.Digitalis sceptrum from Madeira nicely in flower. Well worth propagating. A woody (greenhouse)…

…fangianus with its last flowers and first berries. Cotoneaster fangianus Lindera praecox now well established with good new growth. Lindera praecox Euonymus wilsonii is developing into a large evergreen shrub….

…Foerster’. Arisaema consanguineum Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ and Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’. Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ and Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum….

…the main walled garden. potting shed potting shed Viola hederacea – Australian violet in a greenhouse. Viola hederacea Viola hederacea ‘Mother-in-Laws Tongue’ – Sansevieria trifasciata in flower. Sansevieria trifasciata Impatiens…

…green and variegated foliage but no flowers as yet. Agapanthus ‘Silver Moon’ Two other plants which we ought to stock:Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ – wonderful foliage. Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’…

…one of the best two blue lacecaps (Enziandom the other). Hydrangea ‘Taube’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’ Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ a delicate pink now but it changes colour to green in September and is…

…confusum Rather splendid new growth on Acer fabri which emerges as a bronzy-red before turning green. This tender plant is evergreen with us. It is tucked away in a small…

…are better later. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cornus walteri 2020 – CHW A trip up the drive now that it is cut.Very few flowers this year on the semi evergreen…

…kousa ‘Samaritan’ Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ Cornus kousa ‘Miss Petty’ has very dark green foliage and is also flowering well above Bond Street and below the old rubbish dump. Cornus kousa…

…believe was Manglietia hookeri (now Magnolia hookeri). The tree is so tall and enclosed by other evergreen oaks that I find more petals on the ground than I can make…

…and cuttings. Did any root last year? Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron maddenii Ross has started to fell a few beech and sycamore trees above the greenhouse. One split in half a…

…leave pure white flowers. rose Euonymus tonkinensis flowering away in the greenhouse frames. Euonymus tonkinensis Euonymus wilsonii which is not that different in flower. Euonymus wilsonii Vaccinum retusum producing purplish…

…of lateness but not much else. Evergreen azalea Evergreen azalea Deutzia subulata is just going over. A Roy Lancaster introduction. Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata Deutzia pulchra is nearly out. A…

…with variably curled bracts. The planting records give no clue. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ A pure white evergreen azalea flowering today by Georges Hut. The leaves…

…V. odoratissimum in flower although not evergreen. Viburnum wilsonii Viburnum wilsonii The evergreen Syzygium smithii with its exceptional bronzy new growth. Myrtaceae family and known in New Zealand as the…

…trepidation I venture out already depressed but prepared to become depressed even more. Too cold still to stick it for more than an hour. Everywhere there is evergreen leaf litter…