…but these were bought in plants with Dutch labels. Rhododendron ‘Blue Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ is just coming out at least a month early for Chelsea where…

…‘Ted Millais’ As fine a blue as anyone could find! Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’. Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’ Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’ Rhododendron zaleucum nearby is rather paler! Rhododendron zaleucum…

…as this all over the small tree. Outstanding! Euonymus myrianthus Euonymus myrianthus The very last of the bluebells in full shade. bluebells Last flowers on Michelia crassipes (as we bought…

…and Bloom’ Salvia ‘Big Blue’ not bad either. Salvia ‘Big Blue’ Salvia ‘Big Blue’ 2022 – CHW The hydrangea season is getting into full swing and the drive here is…

…first but not when you examine the flower more closely. The blue and light blue anthers are quite different too. Seven separate plants in two batches were planted here in…

…new growth on Quercus phellos. Quercus phellos Pink and blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ together. Pink and blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Pink and blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ See what a hit this clump of…

…Monarda ‘Knight Violet’ and Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’ Monarda ‘Knight Violet’ and Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’ Lobelia siphilitica ‘Blue’and Lobelia ‘Fanship Burgundy’ Lobelia siphilitica ‘Blue’and Lobelia ‘Fanship Burgundy’…

…Blephylocalyx crookshankii Beautiful blue bell shaped flowers but horrid prickles too. Rhapithamnus spinosus. blue bell shaped flowers blue bell shaped flowers blue bell shaped flowers blue bell shaped flowers Pitavia…

…a pear. Pear ‘Doyenne du Comice’ Polemonium ‘Bambino Blue’ was pretty. Hardy? Polemonium ‘Bambino Blue’ Polemonium ‘Bambino Blue’ Polemonium ‘Bambino Blue’ Helenium ‘Sombrero’ in the rain. Helenium ‘Sombrero’ Helenium ‘Sombrero’…

…late flowering evergreen azaleas now in the catalogue – Azalea ‘Blue Moon’ and Azalea ‘White Moon’. Azalea ‘Blue Moon’ and Azalea ‘White Moon’ Azalea ‘Blue Moon’ and Azalea ‘White Moon’…

…japonicum. Cercidophyllum japonicum 2018 – CHW More garden touring with Roy Lancaster (6 ½ hours over 2 days) as we try to keep ahead of the snow. Sunshine and 500+…

…is really any different to Camellia ‘Gauntlettii’ (Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’)? Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ with its wonderful peeling bark in the sunshine. What a plant!…

…sprung out in the sunshine this week. Firmly in bud last Sunday. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ New fronds on a tree fern are already 4ft or more long. tree fern This…

…Tulip’ Bluebottle flies hatched and sunning themselves on the trunk of this magnolia. Bluebottle flies 2023 – CHW Annoyingly I have broken my camera lens when it ‘fell off’ my…

…udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ growing side by side. Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’ Huge clumps of Rhododendron ponticum cut back from beside The Cottage to make room for the scaffolding needed to reroof the…

…and Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna growing well together. Phormium ‘Rainbow Maiden’ Lizzie found and cut the very first Camellia japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ flower outside the front door. The warm sunshine this…

…‘Pink Snowbell’ 2020 – CHW A splendid flower on Magnolia grandiflora ‘Russet’. Perfect in the sunshine. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Russet’ A Cornus kousa above the greenhouse which is plastered in flower….

…griseum Sunshine on the bark of Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ at Donkey Shoe. This was named after Joseph Witt, former curator of Washington Park Arboretum in Oregon. A gift from…

…‘Perfume Princess White’ is a recent new entry to the website. Daphne ‘Perfume Princess White’ Catkins on Salix caprea ‘Kilmarnock’ in the sunshine. Salix caprea ‘Kilmarnock’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var….

…All looking good in brief sunshine. young magnolias young magnolias 2016 – CHW Jaimie planted this Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling at the top of Forty Acres wood in 1996/7.It is currently…