20th August

…Tilia henryana ‘Arnold Select’ had been looking sickly but now doing well. Tilia henryana ‘Arnold Select’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’. Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea…

14th August

…Kent’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ Potfulls of lilies. lilies lilies 2020 – CHW A visit to a garden…

16th February

Lace’ which we brought back as a plant from Italy. Camellia ‘Black Lace’ I have walked under this very pale old original Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden several times in…

24th September

Lace’ has now turned a delicate pink in most of its flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ with a second crop of new white flowers alongside the…

23rd July

…room.Carmichaelia are well worth trying in the right place – Ventnor had put me off. Vallea stipularis needs a wall or a large deciduous host. I leave you with a…

17th August

…Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’ Monarda ‘Knight Violet’ and Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’ Lobelia siphilitica ‘Blue’and Lobelia ‘Fanship Burgundy’ Lobelia siphilitica ‘Blue’and Lobelia ‘Fanship Burgundy’ Lobelia ‘Fanship Scarlet’ and…

26th July

…colour but the silly name will make it sell I expect. Coreopsis ‘Mango Punch’ Lobelia ‘Burgundy’ – different and very striking but just going over here. Lobelia ‘Burgundy’ AND I…

13th April

…name? Enkianthus serrulatus Likewise three Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Another good flower on a young Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’. It may be as good as ‘Caerhays Surprise’…

9th March

…Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ in bud. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ The view down over the Auklandii Garden today. On the right is Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’. The ones in…

19th March

…getting going in Kitchen Garden. We still need to replace the two weeping willows that used to grow here. Prunus ‘Snow Showers’ Another newly planted Lunaplant import flowering for the…