…field 2021 – CHW Lonicera crassifolia growing away happily on an old tree stump at the Four in Hand. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia The conversion of the Hovel barns nears…

…this! Lonicera periclymenum Lonicera periclymenum A blue fescue of some sort. I photographed this last year in the Isle of Wight but nothing like the 5ft tall it is here….

…Schizophragma integrifolium ‘Emei Shan’ The best Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ I have ever seen. Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ Euonymus clivicola. Euonymus clivicola Euonymus clivicola Sarvina. Sarvina Sarvina Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’. Lonicera…

…very good in full sun in a hot dry bed. Lonicera tatarica ‘Hacks Red’ or ‘Arnold Red’ Lonicera tatarica ‘Hacks Red’ or ‘Arnold Red’ A well pruned and manicured old…

…Camellia ‘Hooker’ was bred by Gillian Carlyon. It is almost a Higo camellia in the shape of its stamens. Camellia ‘Hooker’ Camellia ‘Hooker’ Lonicera korokowii Lonicera korokowii Lonicera korokowii This…

…if the buds are obvious yet. Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Also at Heligan a solitary early flower on Lonicera fragrantissima with plenty of leaf still on the bush. Lonicera fragrantissima…

…flowers on just one (as yet) of the larger Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Plenty of flowers on Lonicera fragrantissima above White Stiles top gate. A…

…clump of Acidanthera (Gladiolus ‘Murielae’) which has a fine scent. Acidanthera (Gladiolus ‘Murielae’) Lonicera nitida ‘Baggesen’s Gold’ a good replacement for box edging. Lonicera nitida ‘Baggesen’s Gold’ The water feature….

…splitting seed heads. Euonymus planipes Lonicera x americana still nicely in flower. Lonicera x americana Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ with what looks like a secondary flowering. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’…

…Plagianthus good. Romneya and American Pillars good. Lonicera macrophylla has been remarkable. 1927 – JCW The Romneya is very good and the [rose] American Pillars. Plagianthus lyalii is nice. We…

…a bad winter. Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ nicely out. Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ 2020 – CHW So today the quest to look at the rest of our new Philadelphus species…

…‘Moonglow’ Lonicera periclymenum ‘Red Gables’ wasn’t bad although not that different. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Red Gables’ Trachelospermum ‘Star of Milano’ was another one with a pink flower and variegated leaves. Better…

…huge 2 year old ripe cone is growing well. We think it must have been cross pollinated with Araucaria araucana. Araucaria angustifolia Roy Lancaster’s gift of Lonicera crassifolia continues to…

…Our original pink decorum is on its last legs. Rhododendron decorum seedlings Fruits forming on Lonicera kamtschatica. (I may have the name wrong of this rather uninteresting species!) Lonicera kamtschatica…

…last I manage to purchase a stock plant of Lonicera subaequalis. Roy Lancaster had promised a plant for some years but it is hard to propagate and we have failed…

…quickly moved the large piles of debris blocking the drive and straight onto the fire. hydrangeas on the drive hydrangeas on the drive hydrangeas on the drive Lonicera setifera nicely…

…hospital administrators who chucked their elderly and senile patients into care homes and not Boris!Lonicera serifera showing up well as a 4-5ft tall shrub. Delicate flowers that go from yellow…

…its bolt and flowered in December. Very little flower today. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Lonicera periclymenum ‘Belgica’ growing at White Stiles cottages. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Belgica’ You have to…

…on Holboellia coriacea. Holboellia coriace 2022 – CHW Off to Old Park where I had noticed something new in flower for the first time. It turned out to be Lonicera…

…Ilex aquifolium ‘Argentea Marginata’ Lonicera kamtschatica in full flower and dripping in rain. Lonicera kamtschatica 2023 – CHW Unfortunately I was in bed with a lurgy but Jaimie and the…