2nd October

Orange’, H. gardnerianum and H. coronarium). I need to bring over from the nursery Hedychium greenii (red flowers) and Hedychium aurantiacum (orange) to start a collection of these colourful and…

26th May

…This group were planted in 1999. Azalea ‘Royal Command’ was over a fortnight ago. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ This very late flowering evergreen azalea in…

10th May

…have not seen it before. MAGNOLIA ‘Hot Flash’ MAGNOLIA ‘Hot Flash’ MAGNOLIA ‘Hot Flash’ MAGNOLIA ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ MAGNOLIA ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ – only a couple…

14th July

…away the Calamondin oranges however looked fine on a hot bank but with good wind protection. 2017 – CHW The clearance work above the wall is perhaps 60% complete but…

29th July

…to emerge. No problem now! Reevesia See how well these Rhododendron zaleucum have reshot new growth after we halved them in size last autumn. Rhododendron zaleucum A young plant of…

2nd December

…the bank the tender Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ remains in full radiant flower. It has survived here for several winters. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot

9th July

…covered, well into last autumn. No frost to speak of so here it is again. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ These hemerocallis were a gift to my father 40…

11th August

…aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ (one dead, one will be dead shortly and the third struggling) is in too hot a position. We need more shade to grow this beautiful variety properly….

10th April

…‘Kusious’. Magnolia ‘Kusious’ Magnolia ‘Kusious’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ (M. x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’). Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flash’ Magnolia ‘String of Pearls’. Magnolia ‘String of Pearls’ Magnolia…

3rd April

…and quite a compliment from a formerly controversial national character. This is a very good likeness! postcard from Sir Roy Strong 2022 – CHW Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Orange’ on the lawn….

7th April

…Montague Group’ First flowers out on Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Variegated new growth on Aesculus carnea ‘Aureomarginata’. Aesculus carnea ‘Aureomarginata’ First ever flower here on Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’…

3rd June

…many conkers last autumn. These are now germinating well in the greenhouse. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii A solitary flower on a Magnolia wilsonii on a hot bank. Doubt…

22nd June

…than then, I find trips around the garden disheartening as I watch decent established rhododendrons, and other fairly recently planted things, in hotter spots die on their feet in only…

2nd July

…on the lawn was cut down to get rid of the ivy within it. It has reshot more from root suckers than the cut main stems. Symphoricarpos albus Pinus wallichiana…

18th May

…back of a dead Scots Pine. It might be Fuligo septica var. flava – a slime mold. Fuligo septica var. flava Fuligo septica var. flava 2024 – CHW Considerably more…

29th March

…growing happily away outside against a hot wall in Trengwainton garden. Hard to believe it is doing so well outside and with fruits. Citrus ‘Calamondin Orange’ Citrus ‘Calamondin Orange’ 2021…

3rd August

…nursery. Angelica gigas ‘Ebony’ Kniphofia ‘Poco Orange’ -Burncoose stocks this miniature one now. Nice if you like small red hot pokers! Kniphofia ‘Poco Orange’ Leucanthemum ‘Goldfinch’ – I have seen…

5th September

…Thursday.Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ nicely out in the nursery. Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ nicely out outside the Smoking Room. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ The…

28th August

…shoot here as he has done for 30 to 40 years (barring COVID last year). Peter Bickford-Smith Hedychium gardnerianum ‘Assam Orange’ just out below the Rabbit Warren in its new…

31st July

hot dry fortnight. Everything well out. 1981 – FJW Granny’s 70th birthday – the rain came after a very long HOT spell. Winter corn good, spring poor in comparison. 1931…