…today we have Storm Debie. The BBC weathermen love this virtue signalling of safety and wellbeing as though, by naming a storm, it is somehow benign and they have saved…

…a useful record. Magnoliastore Coates Darkest Purple x Betty Jessel First Love cylindrica Hohman J.C. Williams x Apollo John Bond Katja Landner Lilac Chalice virginiana Ludoviciana Melon Sky Peter Dummer…

…Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Salvia ‘Amistad’ was a good tall growing form with dark flowers. As good as ‘Love and Wishes’ perhaps? Salvia ‘Amistad’ Salvia ‘Amistad’ 2017 –…

…good summer when you can find a stick insect this size in the nursery! Huge! I wonder what stick insects eat? Updated by Julie at Forgecom – stick insects love…

…Myrtus communis subsp tarrentina – just the odd single flower out now. Not much sign of myrtles yesterday at Osborne house despite their love of hot dry banks and self…

…the website can now show the whole stand with key insets of: Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Salvia ‘Love and Wishes’ Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Victoria’ Lupinus ‘Manhattan…

…when first out although, today, it has faded and is merely a bit of a tired but improved Leonard Messel. Mauve flowered branches on white Azalea ‘Pakestrina’ Non gardeners love…

…is now a decent small tree of circa 15-18ft in height. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ at its best with the full mixture of colours. Love it or loath…

…flower. We live in the jobsworth era where Defra and the National Trust just love miseducating the public about ‘invasive’ plants. Spanish bluebells (like rhododendrons) have become hated aliens to…

…A labour of love not to mention expense! magnolias in the game larder magnolias in the game larder magnolias in the game larder 2016 – CHW The contractors are setting…