18th September

…time. Cotoneaster hillieri Cotoneaster hillieri Camellia brevistyla out in flower already in the greenhouse. Camellia brevistyla Desmodium elegans with numerous pea-like seedpods. Desmodium elegans Buddleia caulescens in flower here for…

26th February

…japonica ‘Elegans’ just out. This ought to be grown more widely. Again quite early for a japonica. Camellia japonica ‘Elegans’ I said in this blog in September that this clump…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…before. Camellia reticulata ‘Ming Temple’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendor’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendor’ Camellia japonica ‘Aanafuki’ Camellia japonica ‘Aanafuki’ Camellia japonica ‘Okan Higo’ – another Higo Camellia japonica ‘Okan Higo’…

11th August

…Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Just about missed the first flowers of Desmodium elegans. Planted this spring. Desmodium elegans Pinus wallichiana is now getting established and starting to put on decent…

8th July

…bramble and bracken under control. view Then back to more normality in the garden! Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ growing in full shade under a camellia. Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ Rhododendron sanguineum by…

28th April

…pininana Echium pininana Staphylea x elegans is also a late flowerer compared to the rest. A tinge of red apparently as the buds open but we are almost too late…

3rd October

…removed a rather floppy large Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans’ to make room to plant a Nothofagus. 2023 – CHW An inspection of Kennel Close today. A superb showing from Cotoneaster moupinensis…

10th February

…M. yuyuanensis x insignis M. xinganensis – syn. Synonyms Manglietia oblong Magnolia laevifolia x maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ M. elegans – syn. Magnolia elegantifolia Magnolia guangnanica – syn. Michelia guangnanica 2023…