…the opened flowers. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Branches laden with flowers blown off the original Magnolia campbellii. Not too much to worry about but petals all over the…

…‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ is now almost fully out as well. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ The Magnolia mollicomata x sargentiana robusta seedling above the Crinodendron…

…flower growing up through his Magnolia doltsopa! Quite a sight! He wants to propagate Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ and we are doing so. Peter Shotter’s – Lapageria rosea Peter Shotter’s –…

…These blue barrels will be used as supplementary pheasant feeders for all the birds which survived the last, much-shortened, shooting season. blue barrels Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis ‘Brilliant’ on Hovel…

…– 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’ Geranium…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Last week Lizzie and I attended Peter Bickford-Smith’s funeral at Stithians Methodist Church….

…lovely. Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne…

…which I believe have now been reclassified as rhododendrons. Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ An old Rhododendron campylogynum on its last legs in the Rockery. Rhododendron…

…look it up it is a Gresham hybrid and should be a dark red – so wrongly named. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ A rather surprising…

…‘Ciliicalyx’ making a good show. Rhododendron ‘Ciliicalyx’ Gorgeous new leaves on a young seedling Acer forrestii. Acer forrestii Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ now perfect! Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’…