…one but I think it is grey spotted amanita – Amanita excelsa var. spissa – if only because of the white frills which you can just see on its stem…

…grey disco – Mollisia cinerea – which grows on rotting wood of deciduous trees. Mollisia cinerea Mollisia cinerea 2020 – CHW Pouring concrete onto the base of the new covered…

…Maddenia subsection. Medium sized shrub. Dark green leaves. Flowers believed to be pale yellow. Flowering period not known. CWT6406. Rhododendron fansipanense. Arborea subsection. Forms a large upright tree. Grey green,…

…peeling to reveal creamy white bark flushed grey and pink. A little of all the bark forms is shown here. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis…

…Half the small tree is indeed leafless. x Sycoparrotia semidecidua 2023 – CHW (images to follow) A cold snap looms again this week and the garden looks grey, wintery and…

…Tin Garden is however about a third out although difficult to see against a grey sky. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii Prunus ‘Kursar’ just showing colour. Prunus ‘Kursar’ The…

…both can have green leaves. On balance I think the leaves are more grey-green than green to I plump for C. libani which is what I bought it as 25…

…attendees addressed by Lord Gardiner, a Defra Minister with strong support for culling grey squirrels to facilitate a reintroduction in Cornwall . We have red squirrels on the ground at…

…shrub. The second year it has flowered. A gift from Windsor. Digitalis sceptrum Isoplexis canariensis is very similar in flower and ‘foxglove-like’. Isoplexis canariensis Tibouchina rossa (BSWJ 10758) really is…

…from the laurel forests and cliffs of Madeira is gorgeous in flower. A tender plant given to us by Windsor Great Park this year (John Anderson). Leaf looks a bit…

…eventually ripe. Quercus variabilis Escallonia resinosa now full out. Burncoose stocked this years ago but this plant is a gift from Windsor. Escallonia resinosa Escallonia resinosa Crataegus wattiana covered in…

…smaller flowers than for the last two years. Clethra monostachya Clethra monostachya Purple seed heads and Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Escallonia resinosa was a gift from Windsor Great Park. Escallonia…

…today as Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’ but we were given it by John Bond at Windsor under the first name. Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’ Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’…

…and first seen by us properly until last spring at Windsor and Wisley. They come from northern Japan and have been bred by one family over two or three generations….

…I think, as I/we have now sorted out. Ilex georgii died out as did my Windsor replacement plant. 2019 – CHW Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ now has ripe seed showing…

…A drooping habit from 20ft or so and very distinct bark. This, like the other cotoneaster, was a 1991 gift from Windsor. What is this cotoneaster What is this cotoneaster…

This is a somewhat dull but comprehensive list of the exhibitions for the flower show, the first RHS Flower Show at the Savill Garden in Windsor. Click here to go…

…Cotoneaster glomerulatus Cotoneaster glomerulatus The variegated leaved Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ was a gift from Windsor. Autumn colour is starting to show up but not as I had expected it…

…then running the Savill Garden. It clearly had no label on arrival but I guess it is Mahonia gracilipes but I see that Windsor have produced a few named hybrids…

…I personally prefer. John Bond, a former Keeper of the Gardens at Windsor, always said ours was the true original sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua…