8th April

…covered in bud. Ilex ficiodea Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) appears to be evergreen although its old leaves now seem to be turning colour prior to dropping. Tetradium fraxinifolium 2021 –…

7th April

…tasteful green ribbon! Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ has now lost all its flowers. Bashed into submission by the rain and hail. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ An evil looking sea. The tent for…

5th April

…Rhododendron ‘Anne Teese’ Cut show material from high up on Plagianthus betulinus. Plagianthus betulinus 2023 – CHW A trip to the greenhouse on this much drier week to see what…

4th November

…the front door. Much earlier than usual, I suspect, but need to check The Diary. Camellia ‘Nobilissima’ 2021 – CHW A trip to the greenhouse to find a few plant…

22nd October

…showing. Mahonia japonica 2022 – CHW The Kitchen Garden is greening up. Stones and roots all now in piles and all ready for planting. Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden Fruit on…

27th June

…tree has been photographed as semi evergreen. Quercus buckleyi Quercus buckleyi Acer laevigatum with bronzy-red new growth which looks (and probably is) tenderish. Planted this year and apparently semi-evergreen (MWJ…

30th December

…gauge to see how many inches of rain in the Christmas week. Another major storm on its way. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ now full out above the greenhouses. Is…

28th December

…to pronounce! Acer heptaphlebium Acer heptaphlebium Zanthoxylum armatum seems evergreen with us and is certainly living up to its name. We now have several different and very prickly species of…

25th June

…aucuba hedge. Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ Cornus kousa ‘Miss Petty’ has very dark green foliage and is also flowering well above Bond Street and below the old rubbish…

29th March

…catalogue this year. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ Good plants for sale of Machilus yunnanensis. A rare and unusual evergreen tree. Machilus yunnanensis Machilus yunnanensis Some nice…