11th October

…pruners to gather up enough seed to send to David West. It is faintly apricot in colour now having been yellow earlier. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus…

17th June

…Rhododendron royalii hybrid (‘Royal Flush’? Yellow or apricot) has survived powdery mildew and a clump is flowering sparsely. This one is yellow and pink and nowhere near as good as…

29th July

…continues at Ventnor Botanic Garden.A superb new Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ which has green leaves unlike our Crocosmia ‘Solfatare’ which has bronzy leaves and apricot-yellow flowers. Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’…