23rd May

…coccinea – reddish (probably correctly named as coccineum speciosum) Ghent Hybrids ‘Maya’ – yellow and sort of semi double Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ They are bolder…

28th April

…conifers with the yellow magnolias and, later on, big clumps of tall growing rhododendrons. A great new project for the garden.Looking good in the nursery today:Ribes speciosum Ribes speciosum Telopea…

9th March

…before. Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ Trellis trained Ribes speciosum which was unusual but effective. I did not buy any! Ribes speciosum A newly potted batch of Cycas revoluta were looking good…

23rd June

…in the Auklandii Garden. Azalea indica Last year the Tropaeolum speciosum struggled to reach the top of the Camellia ‘Lady Clare’. I guess it did not have to die down…

29th June

…adding to ‘diversity’. A popular word amongst liberal thinkers on the left but in a hedgerow context it actually means something. 2017 – CHW Compare Tropaeolum ciliatum to Tropaeolum speciosum

11th June

…the east wind. It is probably therefore Embothrium coccineum Lanceolatum Group. Embothrium Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei has three lobes at the end of each leaf and is suddenly in full…

6th May

…Tropaeolum speciosum has however, as usual, died down to the ground. Wisteria ‘Violacea Plena’ (‘Black Dragon’) is coming out. Unlike any other wisteria which Burncoose sells this has double flowers…

21st June

…Discolor in the A.G. – others not. Tropaeolum speciosum, Eucryphia intermedia (above Orchid House), Styrax wilsoni, Cornus cuspidata, kousa and walteri, Kalmia, Euonymus wilsonii, Styrax japonica (at its best) ditto…

15th July

…Put in from 207 to 218, new things of E’s. 1897 – JCW Nitida has lately started to grow properly. All Engelhart’s bulbs are planted. I speciosum at its best….

11th February

…Moulin Rouge Rhus Tiger Eyese large Ribes speciosum x 3 Sophora Dragon’s Gold Sorbaria Sem x 3 Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum sieboldiiFrank Matthews Prunus x per Spring Glow 125cm + bare-root…