14th April

…loderi Rhododendron loderi Magnolia ‘Peaches ‘n’ Cream’ seems very like ‘Peachy’ and ‘Daybreak’?! Perhaps I am being unfair to a first single flower. Magnolia ‘Peaches ‘n’ Cream’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’…

23rd April

…Helen’ and M. ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ is still in tight bud. If you grew the four fairies in a row (Blush, White, Cream and Lime)…

25th May

…Azalea ‘Delicatissimum’ Magnolia ‘Peaches and Cream’ – whats in a name like this? Magnolia ‘Peaches and Cream’ A young Sorbus hedlundii in flower. Sorbus hedlundii Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold…

8th May

…The three Fairy Michelias all just out together in a row. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ – just out. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ – full out and dropping. Michelia ‘Fairy…

22nd December

…Pittosporum adaphniphylloides Swelling buds on Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Our layers on Rhododendron griffithianum need moving next spring and have clearly developed their own roots. Rhododendron griffithianum Still…

15th October

…pods I have ever seen setting on Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Roe deer (antler) damage to the stem of a rhododendron. Infuriating! Roe deer (antler) damage Good late…

13th August

…the Alzheimer’s charity. Leslie lost his wife, Myra, to this vile disease around Christmas. The garden as pristine and well managed as always. Eucomis bicolor and Phormium ‘Cream Delight’. Eucomis…

20th March

…Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ is still in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ The rest of the elderly Gevuina avellana has blown open. Last year we cut down most of it as…

29th January

…as a darker blue. B. ‘Orchid Beauty’ has spectacular balls of flowers up the flower spike. B. ‘Santana’ is better than our B. ‘Harlequin’ which reverts a lot to being…

6th October

…(BSWJ 8261a) just coming out. A huge flower spike and very late into the Hedychium season. Hedychium maximum (BSWJ 8261a) 2022 – CHW Now that I have in the garden…