30th April

…of Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’. Some held back in the cool for Chelsea. Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Do not the Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ look a great batch too. This…

8th January

…Ingram’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’. Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’ Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’ The gingers have still not died down. gingers Newly delivered are a few…

13th April

…actually in flower. Rather pretty close up. Aucuba japonica ‘Rozanne’ Aucuba japonica ‘Rozanne’ An excellent Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ in full flower at the cash point. Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ The Trillium sessile are…

13th May

…palmatum ‘Ukigumo’ Our very own Plant of the Decade (2010 to 2020) – Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ – should be spot on for the show. Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Aesculus…

17th May

…of our Saler cattle in happier times Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ This disastrous news is countered by the arrival of Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ which is to be entered into…

21st May

…Voting is underway for the RHS Virtual Chelsea ‘Plant of the Decade’. Our 2015 winner in the form of Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ is one of the 10 which you…

19th October

…– Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’. Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum just turning. This was a 1991 replacement for the Record Tree destroyed in the 1990 hurricane in the same…

11th August

…Our plant of the decade is taking off – Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’. Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Aesculus parviflora is said to be a suckering shrub but the clump of…

16th March

…out properly. Camellia ‘Valley Knudsen’ Camellia ‘Valley Knudsen’ Viola odorata flowering away nicely with strong scent. Viola odorata Euphorbia characias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ just coming into flower. Better than ‘Ascot Rainbow’…

9th March

…nursery. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ which we used to call M. ‘Sunrise’. Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ nicely out in a tunnel. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal…