…Wonder’. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ Variations in autumn colour on Rhododendron schlippenbachii. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Rhododendron schlippenbachii Colour coming on Acer palmatum ‘Ozakazuki’. Acer palmatum ‘Ozahazuki’ Evening light on Hydrangea paniculata…
…I had thought someone had shot out the top of the tree as you can see. Now I wonder if the pruning of the lower branches has caused the rot…
…nursery where they may have arrived on plant imports from Italy or Spain. Odd how such insects could have survived The Beast in early March. I wonder what their life…
…but now I wonder if it is in fact Yucca rostrata. Yucca rostrata Quite the biggest and the best clump of Strobilanthes rankanensis I have ever seen. Strobilanthes rankanensis Strobilanthes…
…wonder if some of it will grow in such a hot, dry location? Illicium aff. griffithii is looking a bit chloritic already as was the Neolitsea. Illicium aff. griffithii The…
…var. temenium. Rhododendron temenium var. temenium Rhododendron tricanthum. Rhododendron tricanthum Rhododendron diaprepes – I always wonder how this differs from Rh. decorum. The exhibit of decorum did not have the…
…a better garden than Wisley with more plants in more landscape contexts. It is growing and improving all the time. I wonder how many gardeners and labellers it all takes?…
…flower.Ilex yunnanensis in full growth with flower buds showing. Ilex yunnanensis Lithocarpus glabrata (from Crûg) in full new growth. Looking at the leaf I wonder if it is true to…
…pink Camellia sasanquas single pink Camellia sasanquas Conversely the single white Camellia sasanquas have conventional light green new growth. I wonder why the difference is so marked on these 100…
…about children and corona and despite the hardship to parents with young children in tiny flats/houses made me wonder which planet he is living on. We may (thankfully) not see…
…‘Saffron Queen’ Rhododendron ‘Cowslip’ flowering sparsely. (Rh. wardii x Rh. williamsianum). Rhododendron ‘Cowslip’ The fir tree which fell above Red Linney took out Phellodendron amurense var. sachalinense. I wonder if…
…into leaf. Quercus rubra ‘Aurea’ Quercus rubra ‘Aurea’ Easily our best (of three) Taiwania cryptomeroides. This one has finally produced a ‘leader’ and is away as a tree. I wonder…
…gift from Windsor planted in 1991 and now a 30-40ft upright tree. Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia The wonderful red new growth on Reevsia sinica which is now growing well after…
…on Australian Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica) . Paul Cannon and Paul Kirk seem to have collected this on maybe more that one occasion in 1982/3 and I wonder if this…
…leaf and flower. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Nearby Hydrangea lobbii (BSWJ 3214) is coming into flower! No wonder we have already lost two of the three plants planted…
…Many other magnolias in more sheltered spots (ie Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’) still have most of their leaves on although they will be out in around three months. No wonder magnolias…
…wonderful advert for Matsumae cherry varieties. Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ 2019 – CHW Magnolia (Manglietia) sapiensis which was so superb in its first flowering this year is growing…
…today on this one on a still day. I wonder why? Luculia gratissima (KR11263) Salvia leucantha in full flower in one of the greenhouses as it often is around December….
…gate has wonderful colour in the sun today. The plant beyond the Fernery has none of these colours. Rehderodendron macrocarpum Rehderodendron macrocarpum Gingko biloba and Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Gingko biloba…
…hedge A few rogue flowers, as usual, on Azalea ‘Kirin’. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Ripe black myrtle berries cover the path. No wonder self-seeding everywhere is so rampant. myrtle berries Acer palmatum…