…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. leveillei Bladders…

…issued an amber warning for Wales and the south of England on Thursday. By Friday morning this had become a ‘very rare’ red warning. My guess is that ‘reds’ will…

…is a perennial. Senecio jacobaea Senecio jacobaea Hypericum androsaemum, Sweet Amber, is a native shrubby perennial. The nursery sells improved forms of this Hypericum species but I have seldom seen…

…amber warning as yet but there is a strong offshore breeze and its not yet stifling? Romneya coulteri and Hemerocallis ‘Stella d’Oro’. Romneya coulteri and Hemerocallis ‘Stella d’Oro’ Romneya coulteri…

…snapped off and covered in blown leaves. columnar oak snapped off A large leylandii has crushed the Metasequoia ‘Amber Glow’. large leylandii The worst problem is all the leaves that…

…The plant beside it has survived being just a bit more out of the wind. Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum snapped off The leylandii burnt up but leaving Metasequoia ‘Amber Glow’ without its…