…the two nights of minor frost earlier this week have caught the flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Three lots of fungi (two the same) on a small…

…stock plant of Pseudowintera ‘Red Leopard’ is the best thing in the nursery today as regards autumn colour. Outstanding! Pseudowintera ‘Red Leopard’ Pseudowintera ‘Red Leopard’ Aconitum ‘Newry Blue’ in the…

…finally feeling rather more normal and less tired. A Christmas to forget if ever there was one. Grim and dispiriting. Furthermore today I finally discover that Andrew Leslie died just…

…tasteful green ribbon! Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ has now lost all its flowers. Bashed into submission by the rain and hail. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ An evil looking sea. The tent for…

…sheltered spot in dappled shade. I will photograph the flowers again when they are further out. Planted in 2014/5. Acquired from Crûg Farm as a 5-6ft tall specimen which has…

…on a red flowered tree peony in October! red flowered tree peony 2022 – CHW Rhododendron quinquefolium ‘Five Arrows’ with good autumn colour. I had not spotted this before. Rhododendron…

…space of time could not be greater. All of the rhodos featured on our Chelsea stand have gone fully over. Even the deciduous azaleas have flowered and finished in this…

…the start of leaf blowing and now so many more days on tidying up fallen trees and branches when the worklist of new seasonal winter jobs awaits. Will these sheltered…

…lot of time over the contractors stupidity. Juglans ailantifolia Kalmia polifolia totally covered in flowers at the nursery entrance. Kalmia polifolia Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ was planted out a year…

…‘Sodekakushi’ Michael has arranged for the old Rain Gauge to be repaired and restored. During lockdown we spent hours trying to find one similar to the two I remember from…