8th April

…buyers in the camellia product some five years ago but it proved impossible to provide week on week the consistency of product in a limited range of named varieties and…

9th May

been hunting Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ for some weeks and finally found it well up the drive. Although greenish in bud it really is a very good yellow. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’…

4th June

…and autumn colour last year. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ is looking good on the drive but not as good as ‘Daphne’. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Enkianthus…

12th April

…Salix magnifica Salix magnifica Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Populus purdomii Populus purdomii Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Could not resist…

9th April

…Euonymus lucidus. Euonymus lucidus Another fallen beech tree cleared up in the Rookery. The trunk is inside the laurel hedge so can rot away on its own. fallen beech tree…

2nd May

…so those will have to do for now. Magnolia ‘Ula’ Magnolia ‘Ula’ Magnolia ‘Ula’ Crataegus miuvacis has been in the ground for 6 years and now performing well but I…

1st May

…‘Yellow Hammer’ are not usually out together. Pomaderris elliptica now full out in Tin Garden – a fluffy yellow effect. Pomaderris elliptica Inside the flower of Paulownia fortune. A week…

29th April

…only a week. Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ A young Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ with flowers. Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ A similar young plant of Magnolia ‘Green Bee’. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Exochorda tianschanica. Exochorda tianschanica…

23rd April

…which should be finished this week. Kitchen Garden Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ was showing colour two weeks ago but only now out. Even later into flower than even M. ‘Serene’, M. ‘Margaret…

10th May

…be in tight enough bud to cut in a week’s time for Chelsea and which will remain looking decent for the week of the show itself.It has been a very…