26th June

…and I had not seen it in flower before. Leycesteria ‘Little Lanterns’ Leycesteria ‘Little Lanterns’ Verbascum ‘Lavender Lass’ with a pleasant mixture of flower colours. Verbascum ‘Lavender Lass’ Hydrangea ‘French…

29th June

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW A little rain but only enough to dry the dust. It however smells…

9th April

…putting on a splendid display again this year with little leaf. In full shelter here as we previously lost three young plants in an east wind near the Playhouse. Sophora…

6th July

…paniculata ‘Little Lime’ lives up to its name and is new to Eddington as it is to us. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’…

20th July

…with little new growth this year is struggling big rhododendron 2022 – CHW A decent thunderstorm breaks over Burncoose. The Hemerocallis bed in all its glory. Hemerocallis bed Itea Illicifolia…

9th June

…Star’ Protea cynaroides ‘Little Prince’ Protea cynaroides ‘Little Prince’ Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’ Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’ Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ and Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’. Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’…

30th July

…of the newer paniculata varieties on the drive (‘Skyfall’, ‘Early Sensation’, ‘Little Lime’, ‘Wims Red’). 2019 – CHW A young Taxus baccata ‘Aurea’ with particularly fine new growth in the…

16th October

…gets up. A short and sweet flowering season. Camellia sasanqua which suddenly flowered 10 days ago Camellia sasanqua which suddenly flowered 10 days ago A little passing damage which blocked…

21st September

…pauciflora has been nibbled by deer and was a very leggy plant to start with. Reshooting a little. Is this our fifth schefflera species? I still do not like them…

3rd May

…of a country in recession.So the ‘mistakes’ are not really about the lack of PPE, the lack of instant tests (which prove little on an ongoing basis) or not enforcing…