31st March

…frost. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ The rare and little known Rhododendron xichangense is looking good today. Four rather small and frail plants were put out in 2017. I gave them little chance…

7th April

…Gardens! Lysichiton americanum Lysichiton americanum Cyrtomium falcatum ‘Rockfordianum’ beside the Temperate House. Cyrtomium falcatum ‘Rockfordianum’ Cyrtomium falcatum ‘Rockfordianum’ Never seen before – Viburnum bitchiuense. Viburnum bitchiuense Viburnum bitchiuense Rhododendron russatum…

18th July

…double white flowers Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little

10th April

…volition instead of its earlier floppiness which we tried to stake up with little success. Taiwania cryptomerioides Amelanchier sanguinea below the path on Sinogrande Walk. Another fairly unexciting variety. Amelanchier…

7th January

…lost all but a few stragglers and has little to offer. Callicarpa shirasawanum A large bit of the record Laurus azorica has been blown over in the last couple of…

3rd March

…seen the odd early flower before. Illicium floridanum Rabbit nibbling on both sides of a 30-year-old magnolia has necessitated restoring the wire netting surround. Rabbit nibbling Rabbit nibbling The New…

5th July

…be educated a bit when they visit?Red water lilies in the main pond. Red water lilies Buddleia salvifolia (I think) out a little early in the year in this heatwave….

27th March

…photography had to wait. First Spanish bluebells out in flower. I spotted a few violets just out beside them. First Spanish bluebells Magnolia ‘Apollo’ on the drive a bit battered…

16th October

…Some bits of Auriculatum and its hybrid. A few daffs breaking ground. A few bits of Maddeni hybrid. Both plants of best dead. 1944 – CW The white Camellia sasanqua…

30th July

…Hoheria populnea flower here in September but forms of H. sexstylosa are out already. Made a decent video for the Burncoose website. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ – upright habit and very…