…‘John Clayton’ with its delicate yellow trumpets. Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Apple ‘Blue Moon’ with extremely dark fruits was a new one to me. Apple ‘Blue Moon’ Rosa ‘Crazy Love’…

…crab apple with pink fruits, was the best thing on the fruit tree lines in the garden centre itself. Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ 2017 –…

…big crop and Will had covered the tree to keep the birds away. Pear ‘Merton Pride’ Pear ‘Conference’ has only a sparse showing next to it. Pear ‘Conference’ Apple ‘Coxs…

…is Mentha longifolia or Horse Mint but it might just be Mentha rotundifolia or Apple Scented Mint. The leaves look some way between the two species but I could not…

…Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli To add another superb example of trees and shrubs flowering out of season after a hot summer (May to June especially) here is an apple tree…

…sasanqua clump First flower on Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ rather earlier than usual. Three flowers only and just singletons. Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Escallonia rubra var macrantha strangely full out…

…‘Bressingham White’ Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ – absurdly early. Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’ Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’…

…on Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ about on a par to last year’s sighting. Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Sycopsis tutcheri seems fully evergreen and now with red flowers which are actually…

…the Auklandii Garden is at its best today. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ is now full out below the greenhouses and quite an improvement from a fortnight ago…

…C. speciosa ‘Mango Storm’ – has second flowering and rounded yellow fruits C. speciosa ‘Madame Butterfly’ – pink/bicolour C. speciosa ‘Salmon Horizon’ C. speciosa ‘Orange Storm’ C. x superba ‘Apple…

…Japanese crab apple growing only to 8-10ft. Malus toringo Malus baccata – Siberian crab. Malus baccata Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ – rather similar to ‘Tor Scarlet’? Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ Malus ‘Prairie…

…was cleared of dead apple trees and replanted 30 years ago. The cherries have matured and died already. Some rhododendron hybrids are making a show and only a few magnolias…

…‘monkey apple’ because of its large clusters of white to maroon edible berries. Unpruned it may grow to 15ft in height. Syzygium smithii Syzygium smithii Viburnum parvifolium lives up to…

…reflection of the reverse? mussels mussels The odd white flowered weed with very prickly seed heads last autumn outside the Schoolroom window was Datura stamonium (thorn-apple). It is a very…

…recent trial of Hypericum at Wisley and, although not mainstream, it was commended. Hypericum beanie (2858) Hypericum beanie (2858) Apple sized seed pods on Camellia trichocarpa. Camellia trichocarpa Hydrangea chinensis…

…sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Celastrus orbiculatus with a good show in the sales point. Celastrus orbiculatus Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ with larger yellow crab apples than seen…

…unigemmata. Woodwardia unigemmata Woodwardia unigemmata Woodwardia unigemmata Sorbus zahlbruckneri with small crab apple like fruits. Sorbus zahlbruckneri Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii (what a mouthful!) acquired from Pan-Global Plants….

…fine display of mistletoe on a young apple tree with berries forming early. mistletoe mistletoe Aconitum ‘Sparks Variety’ growing 5-6ft tall here is a wonderful herbaceous border plant. It never…

…new magnolias, new cherries and malus for impact from a distance are one theme. Another is for the fruiting blueberries, raspberries, currants and crab apples to provide scope for Isla…

…Collins dragging out the felled trunks. We intend to leave the bases of the two glasshouses intact and the apple store shed may one day be restored. A tree fell…