…but what a colour when first out. Darker even than ‘Midnight Magic’ we saw a day or two ago? Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia yunnanensis grown from February…

…our new RHS president, Mr Weed (call me Keith please), in an electric popemobile pass close by just before the gala night begins (4,000 tickets at £1,000 each for a…

…CHW Colder with yet more east wind. It has been dry now for a fortnight. First flowering here that I have seen of Rhodoleia aff. parvipetata (WWJ 11943) which is…

…we have a fairly untended garden as turds on the beach are a ‘no, no’! 2016 – CHW The yellow Labrador, Nutty, ran off on the foreshore late last night…

…– CHW Boris announced a total lockdown of the whole country at 8pm last night. So Lockdown 3 it is and the end of our now hugely loss making shooting…

…flowering white. Suckers must go! Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ still flowering well and a very dark red. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Last flower…

…Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ 2020 – CHW How much longer can the BBC keep the death panic going?Clearly they are itching to get the death statistics ever upward…

…to the magnolias than yesterday after a second night’s frost of -4.8°C (at the Hovel). It has crept further up into the garden but still has not touched much above…

…Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’. Enormous flowers and very reddish leaves. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ A new catalogue entry is Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’….

…Storm Ciaran went through in the night and the day was reasonably dry and uneventful. 2022 – CHW First flowers now open on Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’. Camellia x…