…visible. Now that the plant is no longer in full shade it flowered twice last year in its newly hot location as we saw in the diary. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Viburnum…

…hot summer. Holboellia latifolia Sorbus rosea (SEP 492) with first fruits forming but not yet pink. Sorbus rosea This was the Sparrmannia africana cut to the ground in the ‘Beast’…

…a last year planted Magnolia ‘Snowblood’. Magnolia ‘Snowblood’ Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ with a flower or two out. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot…

…on their behalf. £2,000 to Cornwall Hospice Care Although it was a very fine and hot day profits were down £3,000 from two years ago. Many visitors simply stayed on…

…microphylla as a mature tree. Azara microphylla A load of new planting since last year in the hottest part of the garden with the most sandy soil. Fencing out the…

…was the gold medal winner – not exactly child friendly and visibly wilting in the heat. gold medal winner Very hot dogs in the car park. hot dogs The lecture…

…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…

…on Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Variegated new growth on Aesculus carnea ‘Aureomarginata’. Aesculus carnea ‘Aureomarginata’ First ever flower here on Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ which looks interesting but only…

…in full sun. The blotching is on both sides of the petals. Not all the flowers come out at once so, even in hot periods, there is something to see…

…the (French sourced) plants were poor. An attractive form in the right hot/dry island situation. Olearia ‘Moondance’ A display of mixed tender/annual gazanias caught the eye. gazanias Scaevola ‘Topaz Pink’…