29th July

…and Cream’ Penstemon ‘Appleblossom’ Penstemon ‘Appleblossom’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ – superb groundcover. Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’ without any winter colour but unusual none the less. Leucothoe axillaris…

8th January

…plants in full growth Herbaceous plants in full growth Out in flower today:- Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry

28th June

…The last flowers on Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ are just fading away after a tremendous show. Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ However, beside it, a very much older and…

15th October

…Philadelphus pekinensis were only planted in 2015. Philadelphus pekinensis This Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ has developed slowly after planting in 2020. Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ This…

26th December

…in a whirlwind in 1976. Rhododendron auklandii 2016 – CHW An elderly survivor from JCW’s cherry collection still grows above the Four in Hand. Prunus autumnalis is not a large…

25th April

…the St Lucie cherry, with masses of tiny white blackthorn-like flowers. A day later the wind had blown most away. Prunus mahaleb Prunus mahaleb Magnolia ‘Stellar Acclaim’ is a mixture…

28th April

…lifespan is only 40 to 50 years and they die suddenly usually full of canker having grossly over-flowered.Just beyond the Four in Hand is a late flowering double white cherry

6th March

…dark pink flowers and an exceptional cherry which I first saw at the Savill Gardens years ago. Three plants in a clump in Tin Garden. Wonderful bark as well. Prunus…

27th November

…the shop and to the right of the garden entrance. Not a well-known cherry but splendid in the autumn. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ The first daffodils sprouting that…

28th November

…leaves and I have missed them this year. Lindera erythrocarpa Lindera erythrocarpa 2021 – CHW Placing out the 18 cherry trees (two of each) in the newly fenced off strip…