5th July
…interesting garden. Cornus kousa can be very effective as a feature plant. Cornus kousa Lilium regale with (perhaps) Rosa ‘Felicia’. Lilium regale I think this is Clematis alpina ‘Frances Rivis’….
…interesting garden. Cornus kousa can be very effective as a feature plant. Cornus kousa Lilium regale with (perhaps) Rosa ‘Felicia’. Lilium regale I think this is Clematis alpina ‘Frances Rivis’….
…is still one of the best varieties. Vigorous and long flowering. Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ Rosa canina (Dog rose) at the top lodge. Rosa canina (Dog rose) Rosa canina (Dog rose) Red…
…I wonder who this was planted for? The Bloomfield family lived here for generations but Joss only died about eight years ago. Rosa ‘Wedding Day’ Rosa ‘Wedding Day’ Tropaeolum ciliatum…
…Rosa ‘Blue for You’ Rosa ‘Blue for You’ A nice memorial for Albert Riddle outside the members’ pavilion. Albert would have approved of the developing piss up in the CLA…
…its recent hard pruning. You would not know looking at the size of it today. Rosa roxburgii Rosa roxburgii Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana. Not as good as ‘Porcelain Dove’…
…purple appearing on the older leaves. Merrillopanax alpinus One of the 30 year old Rosa roxburgii has died. The other has hips forming. Rosa roxburgii Oreopanax incisus has few leaves…
…clump only. Berberis wilsoniae A blackbird or thrushes nest stands out in the top branches of a dormant Rosa roxburgii. Might it be reused? Rosa roxburgii 2017 – CHW First…
…Pride’ Rosa roxburghii also gets is second pollarding – planted around 2000. Rosa roxburghii Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ has soon recovered from the frost by Tin Garden. Camellia x…
…has nearly all dropped now and it never got its autumn colours going. Nyssa sinensis Acer griseum only just starting to turn. Acer griseum Rosa roxburghii a pleasant yellow. Rosa…
…myriocarpa Schefflera aff. myriocarpa Alongside it Schefflera pauciflora with some (but by no means all) seeds juicy, ripe and black. Schefflera pauciflora Schefflera pauciflora Rosa roxburgii with its autumn show…
…light to Magnolia tamaulipana. Magnolia tamaulipana Two Rosa roxburghii pruned back hard to reshoot. Rosa roxburghii A clump of Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ trimmed back to reshoot. This will reinvigorate it…
…am a week too late for its best. Euonymus elatus Euonymus elatus Rosa roxburghii has still to turn colour properly and may not have a show this year. Very few…
…planting. Crataegus laevigata Crataegus laevigata Strobilanthes rankanensis flourishing in the walled garden. A present from us a few years ago. Strobilanthes rankanensis Rosa ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ still flowering! Rosa ‘Rhapsody…
…height! beech 2018 – CHW A last late flower on an elderly Rosa ‘Mermaid’ after at least four months of flowering. Rosa ‘Mermaid’ And the very last poor flower for…
…Cuttings originally from Tregrehan. Podocarpus wangii Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ is now well established on the Tin Garden shed. My mother’s favourite rose. Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ Still a great…
…Fortescue’ is a better yellow when first into flower. Rhododendron ‘Catherine Fortescue’ Rhododendron ‘Catherine Fortescue’ The record Saxegothaea conspicua on the main drive. Saxegothaea conspicua Rosa ‘Canary Bird’ looking good…
…Nothofagus antarctica Rosa ‘Handel’ with a secondary full out flower as dusk falls. Rosa ‘Handel’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ struggling in the drought with shrivelled leaves. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ Symphoricarpos albus…
…– quite nice Hydrangea ‘St Moritzburg’ Crocosmia ‘Okavango’ – a nice orange Crocosmia ‘Okavango’ Rosa ‘Special Anniversary’ – quickly fades to pink Rosa ‘Special Anniversary’ Tamarix ‘Hulsdonk White’ – just…
…florindae – a red form I had not seen before. Primula florindae Rosa ‘Pascali’ with a tail end flower in a pot. Rosa ‘Pascali’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Emerald Lace’ just coming…
…tenuifolia is setting ripe seed quickly after flowering in May. Paeonies do this rapidly. Paeonia tenuifolia Rosa pomifera has hips days after flowering too. Rosa pomifera 2017 – CHW I…