…look at newer plants in Kennel Close. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ still with purple new growth. Attractive! Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ Ehretia thrysiflora has purple new growth and leaves unlike…

…garden. puddles Wisteria floribunda ‘Black Dragon’ just out above the gents’ urinals. It used to mingle with an Actinidia but is now better on its own. Wisteria floribunda ‘Black Dragon’…

…full shade. Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Fuchsia ‘Lechlade Magician’ Hypericum canariense looked tender but survived the winter here. Hypericum canariense Hypericum canariense Poterium spinosum – Prickly burnet from…

…Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’. Nearly, but not quite, edible. Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ As fine a show of flower on Hosta fortunei ‘Aureomarginata’ as I can remember on any Hosta…

…that the ‘magic money tree’ is never ending!What would have happened through this pandemic if Corbyn was in power and the unions running the country as in the early 1970s?…

…Gold’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) The Northern Polytunnels lorry unloads our new multi span tunnel. Northern…

…Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae (BKR 201300) which has rather tiny flowers by comparison and is less good. Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae A new (to us) Magnolia ‘Practically Magic’…

…‘Coppertone’ x Rhaphiobotrya ‘Coppertone’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ still has some very good dark red double flowers as the camellia season finishes earlier than I can remember before. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’…

…Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Halloween’ Malus ‘Halloween’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ – the heaviest fruiter of all at a young age Malus…

…the last of this year’s planting in the morning. Mainly hydrangeas, fuchsias and some oddments.A few good camellias on the way:Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ – still a sparse flowerer at a…