…Garden in Nantes with reddish new growth. Lagerstroemia limii Lagerstroemia limii A large oak limb fell on the top path in Old Park. Sheer weight of foliage – no wind….

…really good idea really good idea Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ will always be pink not blue at Ventnor. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Abutilon ‘Red Bells’ is one we should propagate and sell…

…a decent shrub. Rubus lineatus Rubus lineatus A top grafted Sorbus reducta with fruits forming. Sorbus reducta Sorbus reducta Lots of seeds have set on an old Rhododendron schlippenbachii above…

…paniculata are covered in flower. Very large shrubs in a clump. Blue berries later. Supposedly a strong scent but not obvious. Then to the late flowering and somewhat insipid coloured…

…when we once did van sales. It appeared to have become a bakery and tearooms with a huge yurt. A few tired bedding plants and not much else at all….

…have in fact been ‘rediscovered’ as new species recently (eg Quercus griffithii). Quercus hansei Quercus hansei Some original Chinese oak species took 70 years to actually name in the garden…

…chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ full out in July? Odd. Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Indigofera howellii has a very dark pink flower – almost reddish….

…Honnor & Jeffrey Garden Centre. Both had far less stock than usual and looked fairly tired with last years plants not having wintered well. The manager of Thompsons, who I…

…but much cooler now than earlier in the week.A very dark red deciduous azalea above the Trevanion holly. very dark red deciduous azalea Rhododendron auriculatum now full out. Rhododendron auriculatum…

…four flowers on one stalk. I had wondered how it was identifiable. Styrax grandiflorus Styrax grandiflorus Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ just turning colour. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley…

…holly to be producing an abundance of red berries in June? Some are still green but most are ready for the birds who have scattered seedlings of this plant allover…

…seed heads and already dark red leaves. Euonymus oxyphyllus (BSWJ 10815) Viburnum hoanglienense covered in reddening seed heads. Viburnum hoanglienense First flowers showing colour on Schima superba. Cornus Schima superba…

…Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox 2023 – CHW A welcome and unexpected day off as two shooting parties appeared yesterday at 9am on the same day. Consternation but the second shooting…

…so good at Tregothnan. 1950’s or early 1960 planting. I took cuttings at Tregothnan but need not have bothered! Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ 2022 – CHW Red sky over Porthluney…

…A rather unnoticed clump of snowdrops above Bond Street are the first clump to be fully out this year. snowdrops The near white flowered Camellia x williamsii bred by my…

…to look at how a few rare evergreens have fared in the cold and gales. Clethra mexicana still looking good (surprisingly). Clethra mexicana Turpinia formosana from the Taiwan Forestry Institute…

…‘Debutante’ Camellia japonica ‘Margherita Coleoni’ also a bit storm battered but nicely out. Camellia japonica ‘Margherita Coleoni’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ is full out here but, yesterday, on the…

…red flower on a pure Camellia japonica. Camellia japonica Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid which showed great promise last year with six buds has many more for this spring which you…

…red japonica of no great merit. single red japonica An early and unformed flower on Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’. Windblown I guess. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – yellow form…

…longicarpa with its first flowers out. This plant suffered from cold winds when first planted out but has now prospered and also has its first seed pods. Polyspora longicarpa Polyspora…