25th March

…path. Frankie has cleared the fallen tree on Bond Street Frankie has cleared the fallen tree on Bond Street Frankie has cleared the fallen tree on Bond Street A tidy…

26th May

…fortnight ago. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ This very late flowering evergreen azalea in full shade below the Hovel has never had a name in my…

12th November

…– CHW Autumn colour in Kennel Close. Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ Acer takesimense at its best with yellow and red in each leaf. Acer takesimense Acer…

12th February

…Sunset’ Trachelospermum asiaticum – pure green Trachelospermum asiaticum Trachelospermum jasminoides – red leaves when overwintered outside Trachelospermum jasminoides – red leaves Trachelospermum jasminoides – green when not Trachelospermum jasminoides –…

19th February

…England on Thursday. By Friday morning this had become a ‘very rare’ red warning. My guess is that ‘reds’ will now become the norm in a world where risk and…

13th March

…the magnolia season are now earlier than the mollicomatas and sargentiana robustas. Notably ‘Ians Red’, ‘Shirraz’, ‘Red Lion’ and ‘Plum Pudding’. 3. The ‘Lanarth’ magnolia seedlings flowered sparsely probably disliking…

11th November

Red’ also has a pruning for the same reason. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum Atropurpureum’. Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum Atropurpureum’ First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C Williams’ almost out…

15th March

…loebneri ‘Wildcat’ and Magnolia ‘Red as Red’. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ and Magnolia ‘Red as Red’ Magnolia stellata ‘Water Lily’ and Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’. Magnolia stellata ‘Water Lily’ and…

17th March

…of flower or looking better. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ and it really was despite the first two flowers being battered by wind. Camellia ‘High Fragrance’…

23rd October

…– another new plant for 2021. Pachystegia insignis Rhododendron edgeworthii with a couple of flowers. Rhododendron edgeworthii Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Perle Rose’ in full flower. Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Perle Rose’…