…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) shrub. The second year it has…

…Styrax wilsonii Styrax wilsonii New water tanks installed above the greenhouse and at Tin Garden. Easy access to water for newly planted things in the next drought. When finished we…

…which emerges as a bronzy-red before turning green. This tender plant is evergreen with us. It is tucked away in a small microclimate of its own with shelter on all…

…‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ – starts as a pink lacecap and fades to green and white. Tall growing. Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ Hydrangea…

…turning a lovely yellow already which contrasts well with its yellow-green snake bark. Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ The enormous seed heads on Lithocarpus pachyphyllus grow…

…full flower. This is a wall shrub or near climber for the greenhouse or (just) outside in shelter in Cornwall. Tibouchina urvilleana Tibouchina urvilleana 2020 – CHW Cornus capitata with…

…catkin-like flowers. The trailing seed pods are an attractive yellowish-green and I have not seen these before on the tree outside the back yard which my father was given by…

…which are just as good as the ones listed above:Agapanthus ‘Streamline’ Agapanthus ‘Streamline’ Agapanthus ‘Strawberry Ice’ Agapanthus ‘Strawberry Ice’ Agapanthus ‘Silver Moon’ with both green and variegated foliage but no…

…Elderly Mahonia 2021 – CHW The larger of the two gingkos outside the front arch is still fully green while the other (tucked away behind large Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’) is…