6th April

…shortly to Magnolia Society International.Honey bees out and about foraging. Honey bees To Burncoose gardens to do a rhododendron promotional video. Pieris japonica Taiwanensis Group looking good on the drive….

23rd March

…Fire’ Roses trained up a metal Harrod Horticultural support. Roses trained up Quercus alnifolia with some leaves intact. Quercus alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Pieris very fine. Pieris Betula albo…

19th March

…Copper House. Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ at the cash point. Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ A flower just coming out on…

18th March

…looking excellent in the nursery. Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis ‘Brilliant’ Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ is new to the catalogue this year. Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ Pieris

17th February

…x superba ‘Nicoline’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Campanula still in flower after a mild winter. Campanula Pieris japonica ‘Taiwanensis Group’ in flower…

1st April

…Diva seedling in O.P, white Robusta, dark red Pieris and Charles Michael. 1960 – FJW First cuttings taken out of electric frame – 57 Cam ‘Caerhays’ out of 52 put…

7th April

…the first RHS Savill Garden Flower Show in Windsor. These are shown below: We also scooped : Class 1 – 4th with Prunus serrulate ‘Shipotae’, Stachyurus chinensis, Pieris ‘Charles Michael’…

23rd July

Pieris hieraciodes or Hawkweed Ox-tongue. cow parsley cow parsley This is Stachys sylvatica, Hedge Groundwort, which I thought at first was a Lamium or a Teucrium. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica…

31st August

pieris. I always seem to miss it when full out usually after walking under the tree several times! Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Rubus ichangensis is still in flower….

16th September

…have seen this tree set seed lower down but it has proved easy from cuttings. The flowers are pieris like and normally much better than they look here. Crabiodendron yunnanense…

3rd December

…more or less over. Camellia taliensis Camellia taliensis 2021 – CHW Pruning up the champion (height) Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ to prevent it swamping nearby Pieris and scented rhododendrons. A fairly…

23rd December

…x williamsii ‘Muskoka’ The tidy up above the Auklandii Garden is now complete. Camellias and an old pieris cut back. tidy up above the Auklandii Garden tidy up above the…

27th February 1897 – 2020

…Mrs Butlers and Blood Reds good, some Crossbill well out. Golden Oriole coming out and a lot of others. Auklandii x Blood Red showing colour. We have been marketing Pieris