26th May
…elderly clump which disliked being cut back and rebelled by dying so we have desisted. Azalea ‘Orangeade’ Azalea ‘Orangeade’ Magnolia x wiesneri nicely out below Slip Rail and heavily scented….
…elderly clump which disliked being cut back and rebelled by dying so we have desisted. Azalea ‘Orangeade’ Azalea ‘Orangeade’ Magnolia x wiesneri nicely out below Slip Rail and heavily scented….
…crop of New Zealand acers have just arrived from their winter and been potted up. New Zealand acers A fine crop of rooted camellia cutting now all potted – 300…
…Orange’. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Juglans cinerea with emerging new growth. Juglans cinerea Acer campestre ‘Elsrick’ with root suckering growth at the base of the tree….
…layered it now. orange-red rhododendron orange-red rhododendron So “nothing” out in the woodland garden in late July! 2020 – CHW Now that the knapweed is in full flower on the…
…globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ (V. calvum x V. davidii) – the original Hillier plant from 1964. Viburnum x globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ Viburnum x globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ pruned…
…Chelsea. Azalea ‘Orange King’ Azalea ‘Orange King’ A rogue Rhododendron ponticum is suddenly visible opposite Rhododendron stenaulum. It must go! Rhododendron ponticum Rhododendron ponticum Podocarpus ‘Blue Gem’ has the most…
…make the necessary repairs. road at Herraswater road at Herraswater road at Herraswater road at Herraswater road at Herraswater Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ slightly frosted and now the stems break…
…shoot here as he has done for 30 to 40 years (barring COVID last year). Peter Bickford-Smith Hedychium gardnerianum ‘Assam Orange’ just out below the Rabbit Warren in its new…
…‘Winter Orange’ stands out well in heavy rain. Tillia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ 2019 – CHW Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ has sprung open, probably as a result of the north wind, since…
Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW An Echium pininana which did not survive the winter east wind. Echium…
…Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ (second plant) with a more pronounced weeping habit –…
…never really out together. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ 2016 – CHW Another magnolia is out, this time in the main clearing in…
…hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ in full flower. A good new thing in the catalogue. Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Caerhays’ above the fern bed in…
…cordata ‘Winter Orange’ looking superb now denuded of all its leaves. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ The fruits on Photinia macrophylla are now ripe and red. Photinia…
…Acer griseum below Slip Rail. Acer griseum Camellia ‘Takanini’ and Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’. An interesting combination of red and orange. Camellia ‘Takanini’ and Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Prunus ‘Kursar’…
…moved here as layers from the Rockery. Older plants flank the nobleanums on the upper side of the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Alongside are three rather poor…
…mainly flowering normally and on time after a very mild winter with magnolias being the aberration. One perhaps uniquely mild winter has to be set in its historical context especially…
…Find’ in the Rockery (perhaps ‘White Fino’?) Rhododendron vaseyi ‘White Find’ A young Rhododendron elliottii thrives but several adjacent rhodos planted a year ago have got severely windblown over winter….
…(Winter jasmine) Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine) Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine) An interesting mix of Jasminum nudiflorum and Sarcococca confusa. Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine) Anemone ‘Harmony Double Pink’. Anemone ‘Harmony Double…
…Williams’ Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’. Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ at its best in the sun. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ just starting in the Isla Rose. Magnolia…