23rd May

…the press start bullying him to find out whether his garden centre chain is going to buy out Dobbies. He sort of refuses to answer but it is pretty clear…

5th July

…– pretty horrid name – judge it for yourself! Kniphofia ‘Rufa Rasta’ Kniphofia ‘Rufa Rasta’ Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’ without its pretty contrasting blue flowers. Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’ Ajuga…

16th May

…are a few paragraphs from his recent article in The Telegraph which sit pretty comfortably with those of us trying to understand the COVID disaster within the “saintliness” of Florence…

17th April

…to be pretty complicated. The government will then pay the 80% of the wages (including employer’s national insurance and pension) back to us within six days of our completed submission….

28th March

…can really do to avoid it. The simple missive (attached) which Jaimie obtained from a nursing friend does all these things. Some of it is pretty obvious but much of…

14th August

…‘Apollo’, Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ with extraordinary and colourful seed pods. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ The climber tunnel looking pretty good too. The climber tunnel 2022…

7th April

…‘Alba’ Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ This was a gift from Roy Lancaster last year. We are pretty sure it is Pittosporum illiciodes var. angustifolium which has long linear leaves and tiny…

12th July

…native perennial which I must confess to not having noticed before. Quite pretty and one which needs to escape the strimmer too. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica I had…

Tom Hudson – Camellia cuspidata saga!

…very pretty. Other tender HK plants in the group. Could it be Camellia lutchuensis? The leaf formation is however quite unlike other x lutchuensis crosses of which we have a…

26th July

…is a pretty fair match as well to one of our plants but not the other three.The IDS description of M. cuneifolia does not match our 4 plants nor does…