20th April

…on Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia ‘Miss Honeybee’. Much the same as ‘Miss Honeybee’ as it seems to me. Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia…

17th April

…campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Liverwort spreading up a beech tree by Tin Garden. Liverwort Rhododendrons ‘Saffron Queen’ and ‘Michael’s Pride’ just starting to open. Also a month…

26th March

…is suspect. Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Brombeer’ Magnolia ‘Brombeer’ Prunus x persica ‘Spring Glow’ – planted a year ago. Prunus x persica ‘Spring Glow’ Prunus x persica ‘Spring Glow’ Magnolia ‘Anne…

14th March

…× persicoides ‘Spring Glow’. Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia just…

6th March

…Melody’ flowering for the very first time here in Area 27. Magnolia ’April Melody’ Magnolia ‘Cassiopeia’ likewise. Magnolia ‘Cassiopeia’ Prunus x persica ‘Spring Glow’ just opening. Prunus x persica ‘Spring…

24th April

…‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Dr. Campbells’. Malus ‘Dr. Campbells’ Malus ‘Royalty’ and daffodils. Malus ‘Royalty’ and daffodils Malus ‘Louisa’. Malus ‘Louisa’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’. Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’. Malus…

27th August

…Seldom seen in the nursery but then we do not have many US prairie partridges either! Mitchella repens Colour almost showing on Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Another week or so in…

5th May

…ripping up the past to create new things. An American prairie with bison or cattle in place of many Chinese things? Progress or change for the sake of political correctness…

8th November

…‘Winter’s Joy’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Glow’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’….

16th March 1897 – 2020

…a pity. Normally it escapes as a later flowerer. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Camellia campetre ‘Alpen Glow’ is delicate and well named. Camellia campetre ‘Alpen Glow’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ is delicate and has…

23rd January

Next Day > < Previous Day View 23rd January 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ just…

8th January

…rain during the day. Change of clothes at lunchtime.Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ just out. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ First flower on Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’. Camellia x williamsii…

21st November

…hours with its full yellow show and is now dropping fast. Four-in-Hand Sorbus wilsoniana with a fine show. Sorbus wilsoniana 2020 – CHW We planted this Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’…

12th July

…Purple’ here? Monarda ‘Balmy Purple’ An excellent display of Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ fronting Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ 2018 – CHW On Sunday we went off…

3rd November

…williamsii Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ is performing much as ‘Gold Rush’ seen last week. Not bad in the sun but not outstanding. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’…

13th May

…startling white foliage that glows in the light of a marquee. Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Acer palmatum ‘Ukigumo’ Our very own Plant of the Decade (2010 to 2020) – Viburnum plicatum…

13th April

…yet anything like as good as Tom Hudson’s plant and I wonder if they are indeed true to name? Enkianthus serrulatus Likewise three Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby…

2nd April

…Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’ Magnolia brooklynensis ‘Titan’ reminds me very much of the magnolia growing not far from the house at Rosemoor called ‘Morning Glow’. This was over during our recent…

20th March

…year after planting. Magnolia ‘April Melody’ Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ now full out. Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Rhododendron ‘Choremia’ now full out. Rhododendron ‘Choremia’ Rhododendron fargesii in the…

5th April

…this one is true to name. It has produced much darker flowers in the past. Magnolia ‘Spectrum’ Magnolia ‘Spectrum’ Podocarpus acutifolius has a good orange-yellow glow even before the new…