6th April

…Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier ‘La Paloma’ F.C.C. – large…

6th March

…more widely grown. Prunus campanulatus ‘Felix Jury’ The first ‘cabbage’ flower out on Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’. The other two plants in the garden are not yet showing colour. Magnolia ‘Felix…

12th February

…Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis…

9th October

…fruiting for the first time. Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia. Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia First fruits we have ever seen on x Crataemespilus grandiflora. Arching branches. x Crataemespilus grandiflora x Crataemespilus grandiflora x…

5th May

…foggii ‘Allspice’ seen a few days ago. Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ is looking good….

5th April

…the frames. (M. x soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’ x M. ‘Iolanthe’). Not yet a representative flower or a decent one when I check the reference books. Magnolia ‘Romina’s Pink’ This is…

17th November

…First flower this year nearly out on Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ After an absence of six to eight weeks our pair of swans are…

12th May

…three lobes to the young leaves. Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum Acer macrophyllum Acer macrophyllum x Sorbonaria fallax ‘Likjornaja’ – finally out in flower and developing into a small tree. x…

4th July

…wonderings to take the Diary pictures. After ‘yesterdays’ rain everything looks much better. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ is one of the best named clones of M. grandiflora both in term…

22nd August

…garden. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ is not so ‘little’ now below the wall but its leaves and flowers are in comparison to pure grandiflora….