9th August

…Clive Shitton. Our older and mature plants certainly do not have the three outer tepals which droop down like this. Magnolia delavayi Eucryphia x lucida flowering late in deep shade…

13th July

…The garden is in a deep wooded valley near the village of Shorwell. Salvia darcyi collected by their friend and Garden Society member, John D’Arcy, and named after him. Salvia…

19th November

…aimed at enhancing the visitor experience as part of the House Tour. The painstaking task of reinstating a display and cataloguing was onerous, in that the minerals were secreted throughout…

12th February

…a trade order pile. Magnolia ‘Cameo’ Magnolia ‘Cameo’ A great show on the hellebore bed. hellebore The new seed house is filling up and the deep bed for larger seeds…

21st July

…other is pre 1996.The first may well be Callicarpa dichotoma which has a compact habit as here and deep lilac pink flowers when they open. Bean seems to agree but…

27th October

…well out and doing well. They must have both doubled in size in a year and the deep rose pink flowers are a good size for a sasanqua. Certainly much…

23rd July

…low nutrients so most have been put into ryegrass but this field is in a herbal seed mix. This is a deep rooted mixture of traditional wildflowers, legumes, clovers and…

22nd February

…(ACUG 5330) planted in 2010 with rather small white flowers. Magnolia campbellii (ACUG 5330) Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’. Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x ‘J.C. Williams’ a rich deep colour….

23rd February

deep on March 12th. 1929 – JCW About a fortnight of cold has kept flowers back – no daffs in the Tin Garden, no ice on the pond. 1926 –…

7th September

…to install steps and handrails to the top. During the excavations we discover a 20ft deep well dug in the 1880s into solid rock when the fishermen manually removed part…