14th March

…Supreme’ Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Coleonema pulchellum Coleonema pulchellum 2019 – CHW Today an examination of Magnolia…

23rd May

…‘Mrs J.C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ at its best. Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ Cornus ‘Venus’ was very fine on the Chelsea stand but not bad at home either….

24th May

…at its very best. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Aesculus assamica. Aesculus assamica Aesculus flava f. vestita. Aesculus flava f. vestita Aesculus x ‘Dallimorei’. Aesculus x ‘Dallimorei’ Styrax japonicus…

4th June

…name of this oak but I have sadly forgotten it. oak Sorbus dunnii looking good. Sorbus dunnii Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) growing…

8th May

…who is well away. At 3.30 my brother who is having problems with the Noise Police. His south London garden party sounds in full swing as the blue lights appear.Not…

15th August

…28°C as we hit the second heatwave and real deaths now. Out best blue mophead hydrangeas shrivel before our eyes. blue mophead hydrangeas Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ now full out and…

6th April

…williamsianum x martinianum A totally different and very elderly form of Rhododendron sinogrande on the drive with near white flowers. Rhododendron sinogrande 2022 – CHW White bluebells in a bluebell…

RHS Savill Garden – Flower Show Pictures – 2018

…its leaves Spiraea prunifolia Spiraea prunifolia Beberis x stenophylla ‘Lemon Queen’ – one to get for the catalogue Beberis x stenophylla ‘Lemon Queen’ Beberis x stenophylla ‘Lemon Queen’ Pulmonaria ‘Blue

11th November

…as you can see and now a second crop which start white then go blue. Not exactly what you would expect to find in November! Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Hydrangea…

12th November

…out again. The flowers look a bit premature and are not quite fully formed. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ A light blue hydrangea still full out by Four in…