…Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ with its first flowers showing. Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ is flowering for the very first time in the Rockery. I have always wanted to grow these plants…

…conkers last autumn. These are now germinating well in the greenhouse. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii A solitary flower on a Magnolia wilsonii on a hot bank. Doubt it…

…a hot summer. Passiflora caerulea Camellia sinensis (cuttings from Tregrehan two years ago) already well into flower in our own greenhouse. Slow growing but covered in bud. Quite different to…

…very hot day. Family run I guess. Sits alongside all the Isle of Wight veg growers and their glasshouses and also near the famous Garlic Farm. Yet more gauras which…

…leaves than the Tregrehan plant or our older one. This appears to be correct but the plant is growing in the open on a hot bank rather than in some…

…one I photographed yesterday in the nursery. Angelica gigas ‘Ebony’ Kniphofia ‘Poco Orange’ -Burncoose stocks this miniature one now. Nice if you like small red hot pokers! Kniphofia ‘Poco Orange’…

…of 20 attendees on a very hot day. One hour lecture, lunch and a 1½ hour tour of the gardens to look at hydrangeas. hydrangea lecture hydrangea lecture hydrangea lecture…

…‘Crimson Cloud’ has, as yet, not been gobbled up by pheasants. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ A sunny bank holiday with the beach full but not that hot a day. 2019…

…Nerine Nerine The very last flower for this year on Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ still in full flower. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ I was asked yesterday what the…

…x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ flowers on and on into winter. An amazingly showy perennial plant with an enormous flowering season. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ 2019 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’…

…the hundreds of house martins which have bred under the castle battlements this year depart for Africa. Hot, warm days of 20°c and cold nights of 3-5°c drive the flies…

…means all crabs turn into small trees and some remain shrubby. All however need a hot and warm environment to thrive. Exactly what the now cleared old kitchen garden currently…

…2 hot summers and, now, a wet one or is the old plant about to die? Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Maackia chinensis has split out earlier on one side but…

…Does not like hot/full sun but holds its leaf colour right through the season. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Secondary flowers on Magnolia “Todd’s Fortyniner” which had…

…Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica is only just out with one or two flowers. Later than usual I think. Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ just goes on and on!…

…is June flowering). I have my doubts? Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata Melicytisus crassifolius is getting away nicely in full sun and a hot location. Melicytisus crassifolius I had forgotten that…

…today but is actually deciduous. A real novelty as a flower and more people ought to try this. Best on a hot sunny bank as here. Asimia triloba Asimia triloba…

…was cut down to get rid of the ivy within it. It has reshot more from root suckers than the cut main stems. Symphoricarpos albus Pinus wallichiana is now developing…

…now in full flower. Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium The first Crinum powellii (crinum lily) is out but the slugs have got there first despite the hot weather. The leaves are…

…Enjoys a hot dry spot here. Quercus trojana Quercus trojana Quercus trojana Rhododendron loderi ‘Coral Pink’ in the Loderi Walk. Rhododendron loderi ‘Coral Pink’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Coral Pink’ Rhododendron campylogynum…