16th July

…risk assessment for this I have no idea. A great exhibition room and a room devoted to the D-day landings of which Shanklin was a key part. Anne Springman approaches…

24th April

…from which cuttings will need to be taken in four to six weeks when still soft (fragrantissimum, formosum, Princess Alice, Lady Alice Fitzwilliam, Berts Own, HarryTagg, Anne Teese, ciliicalyx, Countess…

25th April

…their packing cases at next year’s centenary show. x Rosemoor Garden is developing quickly with excellent new woodland walks and much new planting. Sadly many of Lady Anne Palmer’s rhododendron…

15th April

…from the lawn. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ Then a yellow magnolia garden tour with Geraint & Anne Richards. Magnolia ‘Solar Flair’ – like many of the yellows this year a…

29th April

…parent) at Rosemoor near Lady Anne Palmer’s former house. Has it been clipped into shape or does it just have a very erect and upright habit when mature? Jennifer Trehane’s…

29th May

…a gift from Lady Anne Palmer to my father. I remember several Q. candicans planted in Bond Street. So a trip to locate them I am really not sure which…

19th February

…and Helleborus ‘Winter Bells’ look good together. Helleborus Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ Camellia ‘Tricolor’ and Helleborus ‘Anne’s Red’ in the cash point. Camellia ‘Tricolor’ A bit of the top of…

12th January

…a look at some leaves and bark on evergreen oaks above Crinodendron Hedge.This is one of Lady Anne Palmer or Alan Coombes’ Mexian evergreen oaks; or so I thought! Planted…