27th January

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Warm and mild with a SE wind. Camellia japonica ‘Miss Charleston’ just…

15th April

…smell of damp and woodworm. previous owners furniture Wheeler Roofing and KPK Builders have been doing the refurbishment works. KPK Builders Wheeler Roofing 2022 – CHW A warm but somewhat…

10th May

…loderis are at their best still but the scented rhododendrons are more or less over. Styrax buds are swelling. A warm fine week is speeding the end of the rhododendron…

25th March

…Approaching 150 or more I guess? 2018 – CHW A fine warm day at last and some better news in the garden. Today a look at some stachyurus species which…

15th March

…Magnolia mollicomata seedlings 2022 – CHW Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ just out on a warm sunny day (at last). What a colour and what a shape to the flower. Magnolia ‘Burgundy…

5th September

…3 white flowers. Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ This is what a welcome half an inch of rain looks like in the granite bird bath outside the front door. It has been…

6th September

…fruit on the Asimina. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ and Asimina triloba 2022 – CHW Thunderstorms and the plants in the garden finally look a bit better. A welcome puddle outside…

9th September

…10 years from 2024. 2021 – CHW Some very welcome rain and thunderstorms. The garden looks refreshed and revived.The Cordyline australis has had a severe pruning to remove the dying…

27th July

…catalogue. Around 30, mainly herbaceous, plants now ‘in the bag’.Lagunaria pattersonii. This is probably too tender to really grow outside but a most unusual flower and a welcome addition to…

11th June

…year as we have seen. Plenty more bud to come soon too after the welcome rain has bashed this one a bit. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Russet’ 2015 – CHW More magnolias…