…‘Mount Pironga’ Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ may be over but Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ is only just now out on the drive. Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ The second (and inferior)…

…guizhou Dichroa guizhou Hydrangea serrata ‘Mount’ Also nearly over. Hydrangea serrata ‘Mount’ Huge flower on the Melianthus villosus. Melianthus villosus We know these seeds are not worth growing on the…

…‘Charles Raffil’ Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’ from New Zealand about to burst. Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’ Again this bizarre and unnamed deciduous azalea is full out three months early. I suspect it…

…Staphylea trifolia 2018 – CHW Day four of the Irish trip – click for full details. Overnight at Ballyvolane House and onwards to Mount Congreve. Mount Congreve House Ballyvolane House…

…catkins but nothing like as good as ‘Mount Aso’. Salix hookeriana Salix hookeriana 2022 – CHW A welcome bit of rain overnight.Magnolia Pickard’s Hybrid ‘PP7’ flowering here. The plant is…

…Johnson as host. They went to St Michaels Mount.Fuchsia exorticata still full out on the top wall. Fuchsia exorticata From Crûg an Ilex perado subsp. azorica (BSWJ 12526). In leaf…

…latest Plant Review (formally the unwoke Plantsman) sparked my interest. It is on unusual species of Aucuba and mentions Caerhays twice. Roy’s introduction of Aucuba omiensis (from Mount Omei) with…

…in the English Channel, Irish Sea and North Atlantic, and the crews were sold into slavery. In 1625 a raiding party landed at Mount’s Bay in Cornwall and 60 people…

…Tilia mexicana Picea morrisonicola – a rare and graceful spruce from Taiwan. Mount Morrison spruce. Picea morrisonicola Picea morrisonicola Cedrus libani Cedrus libani Cedrus libani Cedrus libani The bamboos in…

…the north of England but mild and still here as the magnolias start to mount their wonderful display. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ and Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…