16th June

…even a decent shower and the flowers are irreparably buggered!You can see I got bored with the photography! Paparer orientale ‘Royal Wedding’ 2015 – CHW The tiny frogs are still…

13th January

…the main stem on Ehretia dicksonii. A very gnarled habit. Ehretia dicksonii The podocarps on a female Podocarpus matudae are suddenly ripe and now dropping as they turn from red

10th September

…wet one. Better with the dead twigs now removed. Disanthus cercidifolius just starting its autumn colour. Disanthus cercidifolius This elderly Illicium anisatum was pictured in this diary as dead at…

17th January

…habit to the others. 8 feet tall with a truss of leaves only at the top. Bare single stem. Schefflera rhododendrifolia (CWJ 9075) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ covered in flowers but…

19th January

…stamens. We have seedlings with the red stamens that we have tentatively, not registered, called C.’Rafe’ (we need to find an “Eddie” next for a full family!). Yours looks different…

11th June

…Kalmia latifolia ‘Ostbo Red’. Kalmia latifolia ‘Ostbo Red’ Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata. Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata Flower heads on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Viburnum parvifolium nicely in flower on Hovel…

21st January

…trench across the car park trench across the car park trench across the car park Camellia japonica ‘Scentsation’ is just out. Bred by Nuccio Nurseries in 1968: the scent is…

17th September

…have suddenly appeared in profusion. Pink and white forms. A timely cut. Cyclamen hederifolium Cyclamen hederifolium Hedychium greenii has not flowered this year. Hedychium greenii Entelia arborescens, the New Zealand…

19th September

…guess is we will end up paying a retired vicar to take our services and reduce our contributions to the MMF accordingly in the future. Others are clearly thinking on…

5th August

…flowering on Magnolia ‘Apollo’ – nearly the same colour as in late spring. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ 2020 – CHW Eucryphia glutinosa covered by Wisteria sinensis with secondary flowering. Eucryphia glutinosa covered