1st June

…plant is in full sun in Kennel Close. Is it really a species? Camellia maliflora Camellia maliflora The new Green Gate to replace the old rotten one. new Green Gate…

22nd September

…still green but they are splitting and most were collected from the ground. A single seed in each green capsule with lots of sticky pith around it which has an…

5th August

…before but never as copiously as this years effort. Still green today. Zanthoxylum armatum Zanthoxylum armatum Zanthoxylum armatum Euonymus spraguei with its first flowers. Not enjoying the drought. Euonymus spraguei…

20th August

…Trevor! brief respite in the Green Hut brief respite in the Green Hut 2015 – CHW In my absence and lots of rain the seeds on the Lithocarpus pachyphyllus have…

30th August

…still green fruits. Known as ‘Late hawthorn’ this large shrub has very few thorns and comes from E. USA and Southern Canada. Crataegus calpodendron Crataegus horrida looking fairly ripe –…

3rd September

…its first fruits which are still green. This is another new Zanthoxylum species to us even if the spelling is incorrect. Cannot find anywhere to check it in the reference…

14th September

…Tuesday to try to get our brains back to normality.The quince fruits are just starting to turn from green to yellow. quince fruits quince fruits Under Rosa roxburgii all the…

18th September

…You can see the flower buds amid the brown, yellow and red tints on the edges of the still green leaves. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ 2021 – CHW Fruits…

22nd November

…(‘Pink Champagne’). Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’) Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’) Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’) Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ and Magnolia x veitchii which still has a full set of green leaves….

23rd September

…pods. Euonymus maximowiczianus (E. sachalinensis) First flowers on Illicium parviflorum ‘Forest Green’. Small yellowish flowers which are, so far, in pairs. Illicium parviflorum ‘Forest Green’ Camellia brevistyla var. rubida (ex…

28th September

…‘Lanarth’ by the Green Gate with a secondary flush of flowers. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ and Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ together. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ and Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ together. Cotoneaster…

9th October

…‘Genie’ Quercus chapensis with secondary autumn new growth. Very different from its mature evergreen leaves. Quercus chapensis Quercus chapensis Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with ripening fruits. One day this is…

21st October

…to flower. Attractive reddish stems and foliage. Hedychium greenii Hedychium greenii Mahonia japonica is just coming into flower below the old play house. The inflorescences develop quickly. I don’t remember…

23rd February 1897 – 2020

…(ex-Werrington) peeling away nicely. Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Far too many rushes in the moor. A bit of ‘weed wiping’ needed soon. too many rushes in…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…missing website pictures with Karol.At the end of Bond Street are two good Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’. This is a graft from the original at Werrington on the bowling green

16th July

…planted by The Princess Alice in 1847. Quercus suber Quercus suber 2022 – CHW Smilax aspera, the evergreen and slightly prickly climber is another plant which we need more pictures…

3rd August

…Silk’ – very dark. Agapanthus ‘Dark Silk’ Echinacea ‘Green Twister’ – very odd. Echinacea ‘Green Twister’ Angelica gigas ‘Ebony’ – strange but a blackish flower covering rather than the green

31st May

…gave me a plant with long thin evergreen leaves and slender stalked flowers. This plant is normally evergreen or semi evergreen but not this year after the February winds. I…

11th July

…a good medium sized red mophead. Hydrangea ‘Libelle’ and Hydrangea ‘Lanarth White’ growing together by the Green Gate. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ – a bit different to the one on the drive…

26th April

greenhouse frames. Just potted on ready to be planted out next spring. We seem to have ‘Fairy Cream’ and ‘Fairy White’ doing well but not ‘Blush’ or ‘Fairy Lime’ as…