24th March

…us: Coprosma ‘Autumn Orange’ Coprosma grandiflora Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus obovata Myrsine aquilonia Pittosporum michei Metrosideros ‘Mistral’ Aristolochia delavayi Schinus latifolius Schinus latifolius A few white berries left on Melicytus crassifolius….

31st May

…know we have this as an original plant too. Must check the autumn colour. Perhaps Azalea ‘Cecile’? Perhaps Azalea ‘Cecile’? One azalea by the tower. Perhaps ‘Cecile’ planted 25 to…

19th June

…plant out in the autumn. Vaccinum retusum Maurice Foster gave us this startlingly good hydrangea in March but we have lost the label (or it never had one). I will…

30th May

…this in the last 2 years. birdbath full of water 2023 – CHW To the greenhouses to look at the new acquisitions to plant out in the autumn and new…

5th October

…villosa var. coreana Liquidambar orientalis is newly planted but good autumn colours already beginning. Liquidambar orientalis Likewise Juglans cinarea is quite a show. Juglans cinarea Juglans cinarea Seeds on Tilia…

13th December

…as this but we did see flowers out on it last December. Verbena bonariensis Seed heads and autumn colour on another clump of Hedychium. The pheasants have attacked the stems…

7th May

…tree heather and comes from Tasmania. Growing now in the heat of the Isle Rose Plantation. Olearia floribunda Olearia floribunda Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’. It’s the autumn leaves which go…

22nd May

…Can we get enough plants to supply the impending rush of orders? Only by the autumn. Cornus ‘Venus’ Cornus ‘Venus’ Meanwhile Carol Klein films on the stand. Something about primulas…

6th June

…komarowii Syringa komarowii This Magnolia denudata ‘Forrests Pink’ was felled to a 4ft tall stump by a leylandii in the autumn but is now reshooting vigorously. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrests Pink’…

6th May

…pair headed off last autumn for a couple of months and took their one surviving signet with them. He came back with them but they never allowed him near the…