9th April

…yet. Magnolia ‘Lois’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ just showing but not with much scent as yet. We never thought this variety tough enough to develop and grow but it is…

22nd February

…pink). Rhododendron racemosum Asia’s cutting grown plants of Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ are very well budded in 2L pots. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ A clump of Ron Scamp’s Narcissus ‘Mr…

5th November

…good tree of Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Worplesdon’ which has narrow lobed leaves and is turning colour nicely allover. The book says orange and yellow colours but it looks more mixed than…

21st March

…in bud – Hydrangea serratifolia x peruviana. I took Michelia doltsopa, M. doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’, M. ‘Mixed up Miss’, M. ‘Touch of Pink’, M. maudiae, M. foveolata and (from Burncooose)…

24th June

…good mixed garden with many Burncoose plants. Dry but on green sand so generally water not far down into the soil.Clerodendron trochotomum ‘Carnival’ as a large shrub. We have had…

28th June

…the (French sourced) plants were poor. An attractive form in the right hot/dry island situation. Olearia ‘Moondance’ A display of mixed tender/annual gazanias caught the eye. gazanias Scaevola ‘Topaz Pink’…

29th July

…Centre is rather different. A huge multi span selling only plants with few sundries. All beautifully laid out to tempt buyers with a multitude of mixed and clever plant displays….

24th October

…just see on its stem here. Another widespread and common species in deciduous or mixed woodland. Amanita excelsa var. spissa Amanita excelsa var. spissa One seldom sees ‘runner bean’ seedpods…

31st October

…which I did not see in flower this year but which does indeed have rather splendid mixed autumn colour for a cornus. A very columnar growth habit which is just…

29th August

…colour stage do you dry them? There are new multicolour ‘noblesse’ hydrangeas being marketed hard by the Dutch today which have mixed colours and colour changes but I find them…