…A good flock have been roosting here out of the recently prevailing east wind. droppings Quercus insignis with, as yet, none of the dieback to the late summer/autumn new growth…

…chartacea flowering for the first time with us in the frames. Clusters of maroon coloured flowers and very pretty indeed. Sausage shaped seed pods last autumn. Holboellia latifolia subsp. chartacea…

…mild autumn? Rhododendron crassum The layers on Rhododendron suoilenhense are now rooted and starting to grow away strongly. Still a year or two away from being ready to lift and…

…hodgsonii – magnolia like but too tender for us outdoors. Talauma hodgsonii Lysionotis in full flower in the conservatory. An autumn flowering herbaceous plant but clearly very tender. Lysionotis Mallotus…

…down the names of the 16 camellias planted in 1977 behind Donkey Shoe that were cut down to reshoot six years ago. Perfect cutting material here for the autumn. Of…

…Tilia endochrysa Nyssa sinensis (FMW 713122) has exceptional spring new growth as well as autumn colour. Nyssa sinensis Nyssa sinensis Rhododendron polyandrum and Rhododendron crassum are very similar. The difference…

…‘Metamorphosa’ Autumn 2017 – CHW The cut stuff for the Chelsea stand has been assembled at Burncoose on trolleys to go to London later today. cut stuff for the Chelsea…

…covered, well into last autumn. No frost to speak of so here it is again. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ These hemerocallis were a gift to my father 40…

…return but the magnolias outside the back yard are simply perfect! Magical even. This one is on the mound through the arch. An unnamed seedling between Magnolia campbellii and Magnolia…