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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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….
…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…
…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…
…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…