29th November

…Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ has come on a lot in a week! Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ And the…

23rd May

…the Year entries which I liked: Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Intense’ Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Intense’ Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Intense’ Rhododendron ‘Stardust Pink’ (stenophyllum ‘Linearifolium’ refined a bit) Rhododendron ‘Stardust Pink’ Forsythia…

20th May

…named form of Magnolia sieboldii. This one is ‘Ming Pyong’ and the centre of the flowers are certainly a paler pink. ‘Ming Pyong’ The Iris sibirica ‘Fran’s Gold’ is looking…

27th September

…flowers evident today after wind and rain on the first original pink Camellia sasanqua. These are 100+ year old plants and this one (of seven) is always the first but…

12th August

…Countryside Stewardship Scheme. Wonderful wild flower meadows Wonderful wild flower meadows The red/ pink flowered Magnolia delavayi below the Kitchen Garden. Magnolia delavayi The second grass cut of the Malus…

9th June

…A silver gilt medal for a beached whale made from rubbish from the sea. Chelsea woke at Royal Cornwall in the flower tent but not exactly what a flower show…

15th February

…sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ on Bond Street. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ The very last flower on Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ 2023 – CHW The Daphne…

16th August

…Delight’ beside the castle remains. Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ 2020 – CHW Still in Daphne’s garden but with more reality as of today. Aconitum ‘Spark’s Variety’ is splendid…

4th January

…saw first primrose, November pink good – garden very late.1953 – FJW There are still buds on Mag Grandiflora and Eucryphia pinatafolia has flowers. Heaths good – Early pink forms…

29th August

…change to pink as yet. Taller growing than ‘White Lace’ too. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ We looked at Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ in its prime six to eight weeks ago when it…