23rd February

…A red flowered sport on Camellia x williamsii ‘Galaxie’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Galaxie’ Carpinus kawakamii untouched by the east wind this time around. Still fully evergreen with us. Carpinus kawakamii…

17th February

…near Tin Garden. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ The Magnolia campbellii above Crinodendron Hedge perfect in the gloom and rain. Magnolia…

11th February

…Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ First flowers full out on the American Oemleria cerasiformis. Oemleria cerasiformis The Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’ on the Main Ride has a few pure red flowers but, as…

4th February

…white fungi we saw earlier on the trunk of a dead scots pine have now matured and turned grey-brown. fungi First flowers this year on Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. Rhododendron ‘Red

2nd January

…is a good large flowered single near-red. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sekiyo’ Persia thunbergii with more errant pink new growth. Seasonal muddle! Persia thunbergii Camellia x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yellow’ just out. Camellia…

18th October

…past as this species. First time flowering on the top wall. Lemon yellow flowers and red stamens. Hedychium gardnerianum Hedychium gardnerianum A new evergreen fern in the frames – Woodwardia…

6th June

…the car park would have disappeared into the sea. The actual repair cost was more than double this but insurance covered the rest on the basis that insurers will never…

6th February

…daffodils now full out on the bank at the Four in Hand. ‘Wild’ daffodils A rather battered seedling of the normally creamy yellowish flowered Rhododendron grande here with excellent pink…

16th June

…buggered!You can see I got bored with the photography! Paparer orientale ‘Royal Wedding’ 2015 – CHW The tiny frogs are still on the march to wherever but have now spread…

31st August

…already but covered in fruit. Sorbus gonggashanica Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Sorbus wardii with not many berries this year and…

21st June

…the leaves and purplish red new growth. Populus purdomii Populus purdomii Populus purdomii Trachycarpus wagnerianus has finished flowering and is setting seed. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Trachycarpus wagnerianus Styrax wilsonii absolutely covered

6th October

…He also took some better pictures of the dark pink one. So 3 of the 5 ancient sasanquas have flowered in September and the fourth in the first days of…

14th October

…Stewartia pseudocamellia ‘Koreana Group’ with remarkable colouring. Much better than S. pseudocamellia. Stewartia pseudocamellia ‘Koreana Group’ Seed catkin clusters on Carpinus betulus ‘Purpurea’. Carpinus betulus ‘Purpurea’ Sorbus hupehensis covered in…

25th September

…The trouble with Liquidambars is that they are constantly splitting out. trouble with Liquidambars Nevertheless not bad early colour high up on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ nonetheless. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red

17th September

…hederifolium) have suddenly appeared in profusion. Pink and white forms. A timely cut. Cyclamen hederifolium Cyclamen hederifolium Hedychium greenii has not flowered this year. Hedychium greenii Entelia arborescens, the New…

10th September

…wet one. Better with the dead twigs now removed. Disanthus cercidifolius just starting its autumn colour. Disanthus cercidifolius This elderly Illicium anisatum was pictured in this diary as dead at…

30th September

…appearing on Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’. I have not seen this variety do this before. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ 2021 – CHW Beautiful secondary new growth on a newly planted Podocarpus wangii….

24th August

…Queen’ Kniphofia ‘Ice Queen’ Rehmannia elata Rehmannia elata Echinacea ‘Green Jewel’ Echinacea ‘Green Jewel’ Imperata ‘Red Baron’ Imperata ‘Red Baron’ Jaimie has decided not to cut the main bank outside…

23rd June

…car fire The strong southerly winds have covered the beach with green seaweed. green seaweed 3 swifts seen and heard all week over the lawn. Only one youngster? Lomatia ferruginea…

5th August

…flowering on Magnolia ‘Apollo’ – nearly the same colour as in late spring. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ 2020 – CHW Eucryphia glutinosa covered by Wisteria sinensis with secondary flowering. Eucryphia glutinosa covered