16th June

…the catalogue. Camellia ‘Kitty’ Camellia ‘Kitty’ Camellia ‘Kitty’ Picea pungens ‘Spek’ with its fantastic light blue new growth. Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Cotoneaster confusus just…

18th January

…a good tree. Picea likiangensis Picea likiangensis Picea likiangensis There are seven other species/varieties of bamboo in Kennel Close in addition to the five photographed a few days ago. Boring…

20th July

…Carpinus japonica Picea brachytyla, the Sargent spruce, with excellent new growth. Picea brachytyla Picea brachytyla Then several Crataegus species with fruits: Crataegus wattiana performing well for the first time. Crataegus…

15th January

…the wind when in full leaf. Tilia mexicana Picea morrisonicola – a rare and graceful spruce from Taiwan. Mount Morrison spruce. Picea morrisonicola Picea morrisonicola Cedrus libani Cedrus libani Cedrus…

3rd June

…Fagus longipetiolata Fagus longipetiolata Gorgeous yellow new growth on Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ The best young plant with a proper set of flowers and decent…

7th November

…habit. One of the conifers from our ‘endangered in the wild’ Chelsea exhibit. Picea brachystyla Picea brachystyla Stewartia x henrya really is exceptional in autumn. The best of this genus…

4th June

…is a good form. Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Rhododendron ‘Rubicon’ nearly over. James Williams gave us a plant rooted by their head gardener. A cross between Rhododendron ‘Kilimanjaro Group’ and…

30th January

…A fine huge clump of the semi evergreen Lonicera fragrantissima on the roadside by the nursery entrance and near The Copper House. Lonicera fragrantissima Lonicera fragrantissima A fine Picea amorika…

25th December

…Camellia ‘Narumigata’ A vase of camellias in the hall. vase of camellias The Picea omorika branch now fully decorated. Picea omorika The Christmas arrangements outside the front door 2019. Christmas…

9th June

…‘Black Lace’ Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ and Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’. Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ Arisaema consanguineum Arisaema consanguineum Arisaema consanguineum and Calamagrotis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’. Arisaema consanguineum Fatsia…