…such a hot summer. Passiflora caerulea Camellia sinensis (cuttings from Tregrehan two years ago) already well into flower in our own greenhouse. Slow growing but covered in bud. Quite different…

…Norton sends me a picture of his Michelia champaca flowering in his greenhouse after 15 years. Michelia champaca 2022 – CHW This mahonia on Bond Street is flowering for the…

…ago for want of something to do with it when it was too big to remain in the greenhouse. As its name implies, it is clearly a conservatory plant. Nevertheless…

…RHS lecture tour to look at ‘unusual evergreen trees’ with eight in the audience. Picea bicolor var. acicularis (Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis) with vibrant reddish cones on a young tree….

…odoratissimum in flower although not evergreen. Viburnum wilsonii Viburnum wilsonii The evergreen Syzygium smithii with its exceptional bronzy new growth. Myrtaceae family and known in New Zealand as the ‘monkey…

…polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ and Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’. Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ and Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum. Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’…

…Ventnor in the spring but I could not find where they had been planted. Perhaps still in the frames beside the greenhouse? No sign of anything being cut down yet…

…sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ – delicate and nice. Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ 2022 – CHW Ilex bioritsensis above the greenhouse is covered in, now shedding, flower. The reference books deny it is autumn…

…September and quite a sight today. Cornus florida Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ with large numbers of strawberry fruits after the dry summer. Some leaves have reverted to plain green on…

…First flowers on a young Camellia japonica ‘Diamond Head’. Camellia japonica ‘Diamond Head’ 2023 – CHW Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ now full out above the greenhouse. Daphne bholua ‘Garden…