20th April

…I said a couple of days ago Michelia ‘Allspice’ is now just out. Michelia ‘Allspice’ As is the impressive Michelia yunnanensis ‘Summer Snowflake’. Michelia yunnanensis ‘Summer Snowflake’ First leaves showing…

13th April

…amid a coachload of German visitors. Azalea Vuyks Rosyred I discover the first flowers ever on Enkianthus serrulatus which was given to us as a large layer last summer by…

3rd November

…Perhaps 250 new things in total planted out. Planting lists to do.Secondary new growth on Pittosporum bicolor by the Kennels in Old Park. Silvery in appearance. Pittosporum bicolor Large clumps…

26th June

…colour variation in foliage from a distance. This is already a big tree 10 years from planting. Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartinii’ has grown slowly…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…drive The views from the front of the house. views from the front of the house views from the front of the house Fascicularia bicolor surrounds the pillars above the…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 3)

…the two gardeners A large mutlistemmed tree had suffered recent storm damage. On a broken twig there are a few flowers. Is this Pittosporum bicolor? I think so but originally…

30th May

…the buds and flowers so much larger than on the original? Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ The Magnolia ‘Daphne’ in Kennel Close is still looking good….

11th May

…‘Black Swan’ leaves a week on. Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ just out. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A young Magnolia nitida getting…

5th May

…evergreen leaves? Rhododendron wadanum ‘Album’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ now into leaf. It will get darker yet. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Juglans major has interesting new growth. As nice as…

2nd May

…decorum Rhododendron decorum Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ which we must layer and try aerial. Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Our old Litsea japonica tree died and fell…

10th May

…for us. Sorbus matsumurana Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ looking as its name would have you believe. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Sapium sebiferum very late into leaf…

13th February 1897 – 2020

…Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ Daphne bholua ‘Gurka’ Daphne bholua ‘Gurka’ Daphne bholua ‘Gurka’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’…

14th April

…providing you catch the flowers as they just emerge from the very black buds and ahead of the leaves. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Magnolia…

29th September

…plants for different locations for autumn planting.Fruit on Viburnum nudum ‘Pink Beauty’. Viburnum nudum ‘Pink Beauty’ I was impressed with the first flowers on Malus trilobata. Here are the first…

7th June

…We needed website photos. Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’. Flowering with the…

17th August

…herbaceous plants. So very much a nursery and not a garden centre. Among the novelties seen were:Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea…

26th January

…appropriate name to try to register it as. Camellia x williamsii ‘Bicolor’? Or ‘Isla Rose’ after my eldest granddaughter? It is growing reasonably near the Isla Rose Plantation. Isla Rose…

26th April

…Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ with pink tips to its petals. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Garnettii’ with a lovely contrast between…

12th October

…in the sun. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ 2023 – CHW The Eden Project have spent 6 weeks trying to come here to collect the wildflower seeds…

5th August

…Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’. Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’. Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’ Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’ Borinda papyrifera. Borinda…