…the knapweed feeding butterflies in profusion. butterflies butterflies Hedychium coronarium just out as the next heatwave is upon us. Some flowers still in bud and some nearly over. Hedychium coronarium…

…‘Okavango’ – big flower and quite unusual. Crocosmia ‘Okavango’ Crocosmia ‘Okavango’ Geranium ‘Eureka Blue’ – another nice blue but the name might sell it. Geranium ‘Eureka Blue’ Geranium ‘Eureka Blue’…

…– medium-tall growing. Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’ – taller growing and very floriferous. Not quite as dark as Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’? Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’ Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’…

…will not often see daffodils, a bluebell and copious primroses all out at the same time. I repeat that bluebells in March are absurd! daffodils, a bluebell and copious primroses…

…rhododendrons Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ with its attractive leaves. Planted 2009. Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Impressive new growth on Taxus baccata ‘Semperaurea’. Taxus baccata ‘Semperaurea’ Viburnum…

…reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ A rather nice Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ along the way. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Camellia reticulata ‘Mouchang’ – another we know and have grown at…

…welcome addition to our four other pink and purple flowered Loropetalum varieties. Loropetalum carolina ‘Moonlight’ Teucrium fruiticosum ‘Azureum’ – a good blue and much better than the light blue of…

…Blue’ is an evergreen sub-shrub unlike the other herbaceous penstemons. Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Salvia ‘Purple Rain’ was spectacular. Salvia ‘Purple Rain’…

…‘Floral Sun’ Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Rhododendron platypodum is now out. We have been watering the newly planted rhodos twice a week and…

…a hint of blue-black in the flowers. rhododendron species rhododendron species Still plenty of flowers on Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Four yellow magnolias all out together at the…