…– FJW Very hot spell continues – no end in sight. 1955 – CW It has been very hot and dry for 3 weeks. Double pink Camellias by lodge both…

…on the first flush. Last year this plant had flowers on well into November if not longer as we saw then. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot…

…on Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda. Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda Eucryphia ‘Nymansay’ full out and splendid. Eucryphia ‘Nymansay’ Senna corymbosa growing outside on a hot wall – splendid! Senna corymbosa Senna corymbosa Albizia…

…needs to be in a baking hot dry location in full sun. The Borde Hill trees have flowered regularly only since 2018 after 90 years. The tree at Wakehurst first…

…plan obscure but it looks starlike!). Attractive the way the bracts twirl about. Cornus kousa ‘Summer Stars’ Cornus kousa ‘Summer Stars’ Azalea ‘Moidart’ is a gentle colour growing in the…

…hot summer. Here the twig has died beyond the graft. aerial grafts 2017 – CHW Surprising to find another new illicium species flowering so late in the year. Illicium oligandrum…

…earlier. nerine Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ as good as ever in October and, frost permitting, it will carry on to December. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis…

…A big surprise and must remember to collect seed. Dierama pulcherrimum Dierama pulcherrimum Dierama pulcherrimum Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Blackbird’ 2002 – FJW First hot day of the summer. 1980 – FJW…

…poor dog now has a 2’’ hole in its belly, a jumpsuit to wear and daily changing of the bandages. grass snake grass snake The hot summer has produced another…

…clusters grow on to maturity? The result of 2 hot summers and, now, a wet one or is the old plant about to die? Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Maackia chinensis…

…stamineum Rhododendron stamineum Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ at its best. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ just coming. Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ The old, gnarled and much damaged Paulownia tomentosa in the…

…(again) of last year’s dry summer which this Mexican species enjoyed. Magnolia dealbata Magnolia dealbata Staphylea colchica has formed its bladders quickly in the hot weather. I do not remember…

…in the New Zealand or Australian garden areas. In a wet summer the growth has been even more phenomenal than usual at Ventnor and the time for chucking out whole…

…full flower. Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ The best thing in the garden today is Calliandra surinamensis. Scarcely hardy but a fine show after a hot summer. Calliandra surinamensis Calliandra surinamensis Calliandra…

…Flush’ earning its name. Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Flowers on Salix fargesii – first time I have seen this. Salix fargesii Magnolia…

…Split’ Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Tinkerbelle’ – another plant was fine for the show. Magnolia ‘Tinkerbelle’ The new Magnolia ‘Toro’ which is a bit like ‘Titan’ (M….

…(I am told London is currently very hot). The hay fever and sneezing from the plane trees in the Royal Hospital grounds and the crowds. I wonder how many of…

…and the name now does it credit when it is full out. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ First flower on Magnolia ‘Banana Split’. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’…

…‘Leonora’ – even better than ‘Leonora’. sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’. Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ 2024 – CHW The east wind continues and the magnolias…

…and princes. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ now full out in Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ now opening. Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ Magnolia ‘Helena’ performing well for…