…they were allowed to open but now back to normal. Nice new plants seen there. Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ looked an especially good new herbaceous form…

…Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ A hundred and twenty foot tall Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Rhododendron ‘Jubilee Queen’…

…ovatum as well as Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ and Azalea ‘Ledifolia Alba’ are possibles.Although late in the day the new Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ has just been planted in a very…

…still flowerless. unnamed Camellia x williamsii unnamed Camellia x williamsii Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ is performing much as ‘Gold Rush’ seen last week. Not bad in the sun but not…

…‘Dr Callies’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ is suddenly out early. Nearly eight weeks too soon for its usual spot at Chelsea. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Prunus machii ‘Amber Beauty’ is developing a…

…show and is now dropping fast. Four-in-Hand Sorbus wilsoniana with a fine show. Sorbus wilsoniana 2020 – CHW We planted this Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ deliberately in a main drain…

…hours of welcome heavy rain overnight and more to come to dampen the Jubilee festivities. rain Another decent plant of Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei in full flower. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var….

…a disaster. Burncoose magnolias being decimated by rabbits. Two new jubilee planted magnolias have wire netting guards but none of the others. The recently planted camellias just below look ghastly….

…the winter pansies. The very elderly owner will not have far to travel!Then to the absurdly named Jubilee Nurseries which was even more funerial. Most plants were windblown and unsaleable…

…to complete the first proof this long bank holiday weekend. The Jubilee service at St Pauls served as a backdrop. Styrax japonicus ‘Sohuksan’ (‘Emerald Pagoda’) is, as usual, the first…