…COVID has not been kind to them. They have reorganised the nursery a bit and dropped most of their shrub lines. New things seen included:Two new and good agapanthus –…

…CHW A visit to view the garden at Seagrove House which had been open to the public on behalf of the NCCPG last Sunday. A formal and newly landscaped back…

…display of gerbera at Busy Bee Garden Centre. gerbera Hollyhocks grow so well on the Isle of Wight and so badly in Cornwall. Hollyhocks Hollyhocks Cobea scandens growing strongly on…

…‘Mr Julian’ x Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ 3. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ has been frosted out and the 5th new hybrid has no flower buds this year. Should…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW The annual trek to Busy Bees Garden Centre which was looking fairly well…

…in a public park. Prick of the Year award and one to send to Private Eye for wider dissemination. cutting The memorial granite and plaque has been erected by the…

…huge 2 year old ripe cone is growing well. We think it must have been cross pollinated with Araucaria araucana. Araucaria angustifolia Roy Lancaster’s gift of Lonicera crassifolia continues to…

…NHS is not quite so wonderful. Local decisions on lockdown with local political comeback from voters would have been a much better starting point in March than the nationwide lockdown….

…cutting has been taken! cutting has been taken 2019 – CHW Off to the island’s main tomato grower in a 37 hectare site. We cannot actually look at any tomatoes…

…but fortunately no other tree is left that could repeat this. fallen beech tree fallen beech tree Many small rhododendrons and the nursery bed fence smashed up, but a few…