27th June

…Carrierea calycina. Carrierea calycina Carrierea calycina Rosa heleniae scrambling over a lime-tree – old fashioned scent. Rosa heleniae Rosa heleniae Magnolia dealbata with flowers low down to the ground. Magnolia…

29th June

…Hemerocallis Lady Cynthia Carew-Pole’s Hemerocallis Lady Cynthia Carew-Pole’s Hemerocallis Lady Cynthia Carew-Pole’s Hemerocallis What is left of the bridge at Dry Walls has had the fallen lime tree cleared away….

30th July

…H. paniculata varieties to catch up on around and about (‘Phantom’, ‘White Lady’, ‘Limelight’). It would be a good idea to plant more clumps of the newer paniculata varieties on…

15th September

lime which I had forgotten we even had but look at the growth since planting in 2011. It is a tree already with huge leaves and trailing branches. It only…

20th September

…Cheary in northern Iran. Huge leaves already which the slugs have got at. We planted half a dozen new species of lime in the spring. This one has done the…

9th October

…other species of Lime. Tilia tuan var. chenmoui Tilia tuan var. chenmoui Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ still growing well on and recovering from the drought. No sign of any colour yet…

21st October

…seeds from which is derived Tung oil. Marco Polo wrote in the 13th century ‘The Chinese take some lime and chopped hemp, and these they knead together with a certain…

28th February 1897 – 2020

…on it some years ago. When cleared we will include this in the public access into Old Park Wood but what to plant? A lot of lime was probably used…

1st July 1897 – 2020

…amongst the new plantings and with the big leafed rhododendrons. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Clouds’ Repairs to the walls on the lawn undertaken by KPK. These are basically to replace/renew lime

26th June 1897 – 2020

…Hillier’s now list it just as ‘Rothschildianus’. Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ has whitish new growth fading to lime green and, today, gives an interesting colour…

22nd June 1897 – 2020

…than on any other lime tree which I have seen. The slugs have had a go in the recent rain but nothing too drastic and a roe deer has enjoyed…

29th May 1897 – 2020

…I do like the dimorphylla, hopefully not just for the great name. Also the Fairy Lime which does sound like a genuine colour break. Mark Jury bred not Vance Hooper…

18th May 1897 – 2020

…Mahonia species Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Boring though it is I wanted to record the now fully formed leaves on our larger lime species collection….

20th April 1897 – 2020

…of a price that the rest of the country is paying for each death! Six different young lime trees photographed today (and three more for website care articles) which I…

12th April 1897 – 2020

…is nearly over. Neither are as good as the new (to us) ‘Fairy Lime’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ is one of the liliiflora ‘Nigra’ x stellata…

10th April 1897 – 2020

…We put out for planting Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’, M. ‘Touch of Pink’, M. martinii and M. ‘Allspice’ as well as a Manglietia insignis. Most of them tucked away in sheltered…