6th February

…is a new plant to us. Clearly a trailing or perhaps a climbing plant. Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ Supposedly Grevillea serrata but no one knows where…

6th May

…flower heads (white) Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula ermarii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula ermarii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos’ Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos’ Betula…

30th December

…gauge to see how many inches of rain in the Christmas week. Another major storm on its way. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ now full out above the greenhouses. Is…

4th April

…loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’ had largely dropped already. Not as pink as ‘Raspberry Fun’. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’ Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora Surprised to find Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’…

12th September

…fraxinifolia Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ is finally starting to climb up a mature Copper Beech after doing nothing for 3 years. Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ After drought the expected button…

26th January

…plant labels out into the garden 2 weeks before we open to the public. plant labels Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ is finally making some progress climbing up a Copper beech…

2nd January

…now full out and undamaged. Camellia japonica ‘Sodekakushi’ (‘Gauntlettti’) Rhododendron decorum still has flowers! Rhododendron decorum Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ just showing. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon…

15th January

…First flowers on a young Camellia japonica ‘Diamond Head’. Camellia japonica ‘Diamond Head’ 2023 – CHW Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ now full out above the greenhouse. Daphne bholua ‘Garden…

7th December

…fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) First colour showing on Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ above the greenhouses. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ A young Acacia pataczekii has flower buds for the first…

18th April

…Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ Amelanchier lamarckii on the drive – one of at least three. Similar to Amenlanchier laevis but the petals are smaller amongst other…