…know here. Meliosma rigida Still unfrosted Echium pininana and Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ in full flower. Echium pininana and Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica flowers in their full tasselated…

…readily visible as the flowers hang here. Clematis cirrhosa var balerica Clematis cirrhosa var balerica A huge crop of Echium pininana seedlings have emerged below this year’s flowering spikes which…

…in October and, frost permitting, it will carry on to December. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Fuchsia and Echium seedlings outside the drawing room. The…

…of the house. east end of the house east end of the house Dead echiums from the cold – this was Echium fastuosum. Echium fastuosum The largest Cordyline australis I…

…sikkimense. Another semi evergreen here. Acer sikkimense Acer sikkimense 2019 – CHW A camellia wreath for Dad & Mum’s grave for Christmas. camellia wreath 2018 – CHW Echium seedlings in…

…Dead Echium Dead Echium Cotoneaster horizontalis has a fine show of autumn colour now the berries have gone. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Echinops battanicus still has a surviving pale blue…

…twigs while the previously frosted ‘new’ leaves still hang there black and dead ‘bending the knee’. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana The clump of 15-18ft tall Echium pininana have nearly finished…

…2018 and will take days to subside. flooding in the water meadows The Echium seedlings badly frosted in our one nights frost 10 days ago. Echium seedlings badly frosted The…

…by The Beast.One fine clump of new Echium pininana seedlings set to produce flower spikes next year. Echium pininana seedlings Hardly an old leaf survived the blasting but here is…

…I am not quite convinced this is the right name. Rhododendron ‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ Rhododendron ‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ 2017 – CHW The Daily Telegraph has a picture of a 16ft tall Echium…