…away in the back of the drive? After last week in Northern Ireland gardens I am no longer sure which is which between the two and I suspect I have…

…it a cut above other named forms. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer ‘Solstice’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer ‘Solstice’ Rhododendron niveum every bit as good as what we saw in Northern Ireland last week….

…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…

…eastern garden wall and smaller repairs and wall capping was possible on the southern and northern walls. Work was obviously hampered by access difficulties. These have now been removed with…

…first seen by us properly until last spring at Windsor and Wisley. They come from northern Japan and have been bred by one family over two or three generations. They…

…looms and the third very wet Saturday in a row. Storm Ashley seems to have been worst in Northern Ireland.A batch of new (to us) varieties of camellias has just…

…feature in Trees & Shrubs online or in Hilliers. I see that Crug Farm collected it in Northern India. Perhaps it isn’t a shrub? Nonsense! No sign of any flowers…

…two huge flowers below the Magnolia veitchii. My grandmother was born in Muskoka in northern Canada and my mother was evacuated there for the was which she hated. Camellia x…

…new multi span tunnel is going up fast but, typically, Northern Polytunnels have not supplied all the bits. multi span tunnel George Williams’ plant boxes ready for a big despatch….

…in the same category. It is certainly demonstrable that these species have indeed adapted to our northern hemisphere timetables in their flowering periods. This is a change of climate but…

…could grow this outside in Northern Ireland? Metrosideros excelsa Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ isn’t completely white. Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ The best clump of Rhododendron arizelum that I have ever seen. Rhododendron…

…plant sales area 2017 – CHW First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Muskoka’. Muskoka is a township in northern Canada where my grandmother’s family lived. Definitely rather late this year….

…Opposition to criticise government policy but are not oppositions also supposed to put forward alternative strategies? Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do have a policy which is to stay in…

…in northern Iran in 1972. Ilex spinigera Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ hidden away below Slip Rail but very fine today. Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Lindera triloba nicely in flower with its new…

…around with some northern friends. The first flower on new Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ which will be a good seller in due course. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Prunus matsumae…

…performs exactly the same in both the northern and southern hemispheres when so many others do not (eg ‘Vulcan’, ‘Lanarth’, ‘Ians Red’, ‘Genie’, ‘Red as’) 2002 – FJW Mag J…

…lot came from northern Italy so there is an added risk of coronavirus if anyone had shaken hands with the driver. It turns out he was Romanian and only picked…