…our mind. Blackcurrants, gooseberries and redcurrants Blackcurrants, gooseberries and redcurrants Blackcurrants, gooseberries and redcurrants Triteleia laxa is one of those bulbous plants whose leaves die just before they flower. Consequently…

…quite globose at all. Buddleia globosa Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Grenadene’ is a good new addition to the website. Orange-red on opening then turning redder. Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Grenadene’ Cardiocrinum giganteum…

…trichomanoides (var. alpinus), which came from Mount Congreve 12 years ago, is now a compact shrub. Here it is covered with flower clusters of reddish male strobili. Hard to think…

…a week ago. daffodils A slight touch of frost on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’. Perhaps just rain battered. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ A fine show on an Acer in the Cart house…

…only planted this year but clearly has potential as an autumn show. Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ Sorbus japonica now leafless but still laden with red fruits. I assume we have collected…

…red but the reality is that they are a purple on the inside and not red. The flowers hang down on long pendulous stalks and the colour on the inside…

…bred) FCC Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ (Charlie Michael retired as head gardener in 1955 and I suspect that this had never been exhibited for an award before)The recommendations from the RHS…

…pictures 2022 – CHW Five hundred plant photographs for the website database but a lot of standing about yapping to the great and good while judging goes on around us….

…‘Phoenix’ at Burncoose opposite the mist houses on the main drive. Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Also on Sinogrande Walk is Viburnum erubescens from the Himalayas with red fruits which…

…new tank. Then we are better prepared for the next drought. Tin Garden water tank A wasps nest in the Barn Owl box in Tin Garden. Wasps nest in Barn…