29th November

…flower on Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ Decent flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame E. Mouillere’ cut back in the summer. Hydrangea ‘Madame E. Mouillere’ 3 flowers out on Camellia japonica…

18th May

…Normally this and the similar M. ‘Summer Solstice’ are out at the same time. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Juglans cinerea just into leaf. Juglans cinerea Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox (2014 planted)….

12th May

…flowered much earlier. Rehderodendron kwatungense has still to perform. Rehderodendron kweichowense Rehderodendron kweichowense Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ full out 10 days earlier than usual and another Chelsea defector. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’…

9th May

…x M. obovata. I doubt there is much globosa in ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ We have waited a long time for Michelia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ to flower here in a…

23rd August

…Magnolia sieboldii doing the same. I presume the wet summer has led to exceptional extra new growth and we are really seeing next spring’s flowers? Magnolia wilsonii </div? Magnolia wilsonii…

19th March

…‘Burgundy Sunset’ One always thinks of spiraeas as summer flowering but Spiraea thunbergii is just coming out now. Spiraea thunbergii Spiraea thunbergii Spiraea thunbergii Mukdenia rossii ‘Karasuba’ just into flower…

9th August

…tissue culture plants) nicely out despite some drought dieback and damage from the last two summers. Rhododendron auriculatum Seed setting here and there on Sorbus wardii. Sorbus wardii The label…

23rd July

…outside (Iochroma australe especially). Gorwell is S/SW facing with thin soil which gets a good baking in the heat of summer especially in his walled gardens. Much to ponder, look…

14th August

…unlike last year’s hot summer here when there was an abundance. This has been a wet summer in the north.Lords and ladies in full fruit (Arum maculatum). Arum maculatum Some…

26th August

…P. axillaris we have bought and planted from Stervinou nurseries in France as far as its foliage was concerned. Drought last summer I fear as the COD. As we know…