14th November

…order loading and unloading bay. bay renovation work The herbaceous tunnel looks fantastic. herbaceous tunnel Wonderful fiery colours on Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ripple’. Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ripple’ One set of…

17th February

…colour. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is the centrepiece with Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’, Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’, Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ and Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ included as well. A new kalmia planting too as…

29th March

…Susyn Andrews will hopefully name and identify for us. It is forming a big tree. unnamed Symplocus species The Korean bred Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ is just coming out in Kennel…

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’…

26th July

…Tregrehan last week. The return match here next summer promises to be fun. Here are our 4 plants of M. tenuis (with a slight query)! (a) Above ‘George Blandford’. And…

13th February

…farreri Buddleia farreri Rubus formosensis is another raspberry species which we ought to offer. Evergreen with flower buds showing. Not in Hillier’s but looks very saleable. We need to offer…

31st August

…miss it when full out usually after walking under the tree several times! Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Rubus ichangensis is still in flower. This raspberry is very late…

12th July

…one which may well have merit in our catalogue if the prickles can be avoided. Rounded leaves and part raspberry, part bramble if you wanted to be critical. However the…

23rd August

raspberry) did (see Tuesday 18th August). Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Erigerion karvinskianus (mucronatus) opposite the front door is a marvellous plant for semi naturalising in a wall or hedge and…

22nd August

…no sign of a flower. Mexican dahlia species Mexican dahlia species The Korean raspberry, Rubus tricolor, has plenty of fruit but mice or birds are devouring them quickly. Rubus tricolor…