17th November

…Blush” “Everards’s Delight” – a Loder bred variety “Everards’s Delight” “Everards’s Delight” ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Bonanza’ – the best red we…

4th November

…season flower on this variety. Azalea ‘Greenway’ 2015 – CHW I have just missed the very best of the Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’ (now ‘Sango kaku’) clump planted in 1913 and…

5th April

…tree in April! Perhaps a Sorbus intermedia but not a Sorbus aucuparia variety I think. Odd that in such a cold winter the birds have ignored this tree. Could not…

8th April

…several today in the garden of this variety. Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Rhododendron fargesii full out in the main quarry. I showed this starting to come out at…

9th April

…much scent as yet. We never thought this variety tough enough to develop and grow but it is now a decent small tree of circa 15-18ft in height. Michelia ‘Mixed…

11th November

…and Quercus acuta contrasting well. Kalopanax septemlobus Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ properly into flower which it has seldom managed in recent years. A tender variety easily set back and partially defoliated…

12th April

…the flowers.‘Butterfly Wings’ stood out today as the ‘must have’ reticulata variety of the 35 individually photographed. I need to get to these earlier next year. 2016 – CHW Meeting…

3rd February

variety. Half dead again – this one a scented variety 2022 – CHW A fallen leaf under Magnolia dealbata with its silvery underside. The last leaves fell only in mid-December….

4th July

…Balls’ Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ Then on to Busy Bee Garden Centre which had less stock in variety than usual but was busy. Photinia serratifolia ‘Crispy Pink’ was looking very…

1st July

…CHW The standard, variety and overall excellence of the vast exhibitors’ marquee at Hampton Court is amazing. Far less hassle, pomposity and bossiness than at Chelsea and exhibitors are here…