…large tree. Huge pale green leaves. Indumented below, yellow flowers. April/May. CWT6336. Rhododendron excellens. Maddenia subsection. Forms a spreading shrub. Large, shiny bright green leaves. Long lily like, scented white…

…of the stems. No autumn colour yet. Crataegus x grignoniensis has huge and very bright red berries. Another topgrafted plant but extremely effective today with the sun on it. This…

…Catalpa ovata Bright red leaves here and there on Luculia gratissima (KR 11263) and flower buds forming. Important for Asia to propagate this. Luculia gratissima (KR 11263) 2022 – CHW…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Much colder but bright sunshine for a change. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Galissonniere’ catching the…

…etc. Pentapanax verticillatus Pentapanax verticillatus Parrotia subaequalis has attractive blackish autumn colour but still also with bright green secondary new growth. This is the third time we have planted this…

…Rookery. Quite a bright colour on an overcast day but, as yet, unblemished by wind or frost. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Alongside it Camellia ‘Winton’…

…place. new planting place 2017 – CHW Two extraordinary new things in the frames:Berberis xanthoclada with rich bright red autumn foliage. A new species to us. As red as it…

…excitements in the delivery from Crug Farm when I have time to examine it more closely. Euonymus porphyreus still has several bright pink star-like seed pods but no seeds still…

…So now the first real frost of the year. Minus 5°C overnight with hail but bright and clear by day. The Echiums do not like it! Echiums Neither did the…

…to Tin Garden and suddenly caught the eye with its large chubby bright red berries. In the main cotoneasters are pretty dull even when in berry but this is rather…

…like a holly or an Osmanthus than a Griselinia. Very rare. Griselinia jodonifolia Griselinia jodonifolia Griselinia jodonifolia Luzurgia polyphylla is also from Chile. A dainty climbing plant with round bright…

…very bright red by March. This tree self seeds itself (via birds) here and there all over the garden. Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana The elderly quince tree below…

…Bright guys… bad mistake. We’ve killed tens of thousands – for nothing But because we panicked, we’ve added hugely to the toll. Excess mortality between March and May was around…

…we do not stock. Pinkish-purple or pinkish-red flowers and not that different to Cestrum ‘Newellii’ which has bright crimson flowers and is probably a hybrid of Cestrum elegans. The foliage…

…Sorbus gonggashonica with berries. We may have seen the first seeds last year? What a name! Sorbus gonggashonica Sorbus gonggashonica Sorbus commixta aff. var. sachalinensis with bright red-orange berries hidden…

…never know. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ A good Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ in the Ririei Opening. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Bright pink anthers on Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’…

…A nice new thing on the Burncoose website. Viburnum c hillieri ‘Winton’ Viburnum wrightii – a Japanese species with attractive bright red fruits which we have yet to see here….

…Acanthus hungaricus Acanthus hungaricus Acanthus hungaricus Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ – an attractive colour. Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ with dark brownish leaves and contrasting bright flowers….

…losses from COVID but let us look on the bright side and hope to catch up a bit now (all being well). Wonderful to see the grandchildren here at last…

…‘bright red’ or ‘crimson’. I would say the former. Cestrum fasciculatum Cestrum fasciculatum Cestrum fasciculatum Philadelphus pekinensis with faintly scented creamy then white flowers. Philadelphus pekinensis Deutzia pulchra is a…