…hips with some trusses having none. hips on the white climbing rose hips on the white climbing rose Fruit just turning black on Vaccinum urceolatum. Fully juicy and ripe soon…

…I saw were far too pot bound to be planted successfully now. Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellissima’ – was quite…

…be claiming the credit but this one has been here for decades! a really decent rose a really decent rose a really decent rose Off to Will Caws’ amazing chalk…

…best of the bholuas. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Forty squirrels in the last two weeks. Finally the problem is under control thanks…

…deliberately closely planted trio of Betula albosinensis ‘China Rose’ (in the Isla Rose planting) due to the recent drought and last summer’s. Betula albosinensis ‘China Rose’ Pterocarya tonkinensis has moved…

…about two to three weeks ago. Mahonia japonica Mahonia japonica Still plenty of young leaves on the banksian rose hard pruned last spring to revive it. banksian rose banksian rose…

…Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ – OUTSTANDING and a huge flower Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne…

…Ilex yunnanensis with new growth and flower showing. I saw this at Rosemoor. Odd that it was not grown here before as far as I can see. Ilex yunnanensis Ilex…

…Rhododendron arboreum. Rhododendron arboreum But a rather frosted pink one further on. pink one Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ is no longer early or rose-like. Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ A…

…night with SW wind. Quite a bit of minor debris on the drive.This is one of Roy Lancaster’s wild collected rose species but name lost long ago and Roy unsure…