…Intricate and attractive flowers but not a terribly robust plant. Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ outside the estate office. You only get the two…

…a South American species too from Chile and Argentina? Fuchsia magellanica var molinae Fuchsia magellanica var molinae This salvia (or could it be a buddleia?) species came from Burncoose but…

…Another novelty Salvia gregii ‘Blue Note’ and the leaves have quite a scent too. Salvia gregii ‘Blue Note’ An old favourite but some years the flowers are already over –…

…Rhamnus frangula ‘Fine Line’ Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’. Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’. Tulbaghia ‘Purple Eye’. Tulbaghia ‘Purple Eye’. Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Marvel’. Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Marvel’. Geranium ‘Dreamland’. Geranium ‘Dreamland’. Acer palmatum…

…will never know. Hydrangea ‘Fairytale White’ Rhaphiolepis indica ‘White Cloud’ was however compact and an interesting finalist. Rhaphiolepis indica ‘White Cloud’ Salvia ‘Peach Melba’ – yet another fairly similar one…

…ganpinensis ‘Meteor’ Agastache ‘Beelicious Pink’ – not a great plant! Agastache ‘Beelicious Pink’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Belle de Loire’. Salvia x jamensis ‘Belle de Loire’ Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’. Philadelphus…

…gardens shut for the year on Sunday with £1,956 raised from gardens entry and car parking for Cornwall Hospice Care.A pot full of Salvia ‘Love and Wishes’ outside the front…

…and probably a Magnolia campbellii alba seedling. The garden is in a deep wooded valley near the village of Shorwell. Salvia darcyi collected by their friend and Garden Society member,…

…fraseri ‘Magical Volcano’ Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ is an evergreen sub-shrub unlike the other herbaceous penstemons. Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Salvia ‘Purple…

…Liriope muscari ‘Money Maker’ Salvia patens was once in the catalogue and we sold seed of it at Chelsea. Well worth returning to the list I think. Salvia patens Seeing…

…pink ones soon too shortly. Amaryllis belladonna Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ flowers on and on into winter. An amazingly showy perennial plant with an enormous flowering season. Salvia x…

…on the lawn. Cytisus ‘Porlock’ Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ and Cotoneaster horizontalis outside the Drawing Room. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ and Cotoneaster horizontalis I have never seen Cotoneaster horizontalis so covered in…

…Williams’ Daffodils in mid-November. Daffodils Nerine by the Drawing Room. Nerine Nerine The very last flower for this year on Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ still in full…

…(KR11263) Salvia leucantha in full flower in one of the greenhouses as it often is around December. Salvia leucantha Camellia parvilimba grown from RCM Group seed in 2019. Good red…

…match this? yellowish deciduous azalea Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ looking good by the main nursery. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’ in…

…Magnolia grandiflora Salvia leucantha full out in flower by the greenhouse. This Mexican species should flower now. Sadly I have cocked up the photographs. Salvia leucantha First flower on Camellia…

…than usual I think. Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ just goes on and on! Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ Euryops chrysanthemoides still covered in flower heads. Euryops chrysanthemoides Daphne bholua…

…At first we enter the heat of the butterfly house where there is a tropical species of Salvia (no name). Seaforde opens from Easter to 1st October and had 27,000…

…Salvia daubneyi (spelling?) – tall growing and still in flower Salvia daubneyi There were hundreds of schefflera seedlings growing on which would be ready for 2018 and should be reserved…

…I am still a bit suspicious of this naming when I look at the flower clusters. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Salvia leucantha just out. Salvia leucantha…