…flower in January. Our bulbs are well into their foliage but no flowers yet. Leujocum aestivum ‘Summer Snowflake’ Camellia ‘Desire’ is now properly out. Camellia ‘Desire’ Camellia ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’…

…‘Cornish Red Camellia ‘Desire’ has popped open above Bond Street Camellia ‘Desire’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ with its yellow variegated leaves is good too by the Fernery. Camellia x…

…on and some needs cold and shade to hold it back. Showing is expensive but, when you enter, the desire to ‘win’ is as strong as it was 100 years…

…Robert Dudley-Cooke has recently planted a rose garden with 175 varieties – mainly old historic ones. His desire is to prove that you can grow a decent rose garden in…

…Wight holiday job (if we ever get there which I now doubt a bit) but I am sure I will find something else to do there. The overwhelming desire is…

…Again the plant is demonstrating its desire to survive the drought by procreation. Mahonia aquifolium Mahonia aquifolium Then a sad progress of dead rhododendrons. This is even Rhododendron ponticum dying…

…Acres Wood. I have perhaps overdone the ordering and propagation during the March to July lockdown out of boredom and a desire to cheer up with something pleasant and more…