…This is what happens when you plant a Fraxinus excelsior ‘Jaspidea’ too close to a bonfire. I fear the tree may succumb to ash dieback disease soon anyway. Fraxinus excelsior…

…pinaster When having a bonfire in strong winds near other plants cut a few laurel branches to protect nearby plants that could get singed. Nutty rather obscures this. laurel branches…

…only minor die back (as yet) on Hypericum lancasteri. Hypericum lancasteri Another windblown branch from Acacia citrinoviridis on the bonfire pile. Acacia citrinoviridis Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ has small flowers…

…stored in a bedroom. A bonfire shortly I expect by the smell of damp and woodworm. previous owners furniture Wheeler Roofing and KPK Builders have been doing the refurbishment works….

…but only one survivor. I think the other two were stupidly planted on the site of a former large bonfire. Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium 1924 – JCW Much…

…holly got a bit singed by a bonfire earlier in the year. It has however made a good recovery with lots of new shoots. I think it is Ilex x…

…recently. His father was the estate painter and Kerry retired about 10 years ago as a gardener. His son appears to be having a large bonfire and clearing out the…

…bonfires with the debris. telehandler telehandler A battered first flower this year on the Camellia saluenensis by Tin Garden. Nothing yet on the 2 original plants by the ladies loos….

…A big bonfire in the gardens today clearing a large dead Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ which was planted below Slip Rail some 50 to 60 years ago as part of a…

…in even more shelter. The last bits of green leaves at the top have gone and it is for the bonfire and stump digger now this spring. Seedlings are coming…

…picture is so poor. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ A clump of seedling Eriobotrya japonica (fourth japonica in three days!) planted on an old bonfire where I thought they…

…good as ‘Wisley Queen’ yesterday. Cornus kousa ‘Rasen’ Cornus kousa ‘Rasen’ Cornus kousa ‘Weberi’ has few flowers but a very dense compact habit. Cornus kousa ‘Weberi’ 2021 – CHW Friends…

…a darker form from Wisley Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ A Dichroa cynea with fruits. Exotic and unseen by us before. Purple and black fruit…

…of flower albeit of some size. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum 1987 – FJW October a miserable month – Iran, Stock Exchange, hurricane in south of England. Wakehurst, Exbury, Wisley, Kew…

…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….

…me showing you the article in full here but I can repeat the last paragraph of what the Head of Horticultural Taxonomy at Wisley wrote:Hybrid rehab Can we, now that…

…var. fauriei Hypericum beanie (2858) was part of a recent trial of Hypericum at Wisley and, although not mainstream, it was commended. Hypericum beanie (2858) Hypericum beanie (2858) Apple sized…

…Panda’ atc) Borinda (Fargesia) frigida (syn.frigidorum)KR4059 Borinda (Fargesia) scabrida Chusquea culeou’Foxtail Bamboo’ ( seedlings from Wisley) Indocalamus latifolius Indocalamus (Sasa) tesselatus Phyllostachys aurea ‘Koi’ Phyllostachys aureosulcata’Spectabilis’ Phyllostachys bambusoides’Castillonis Inversa’ Phyllostachys…

…lower down where they do not catch the sun. As of today’s date very similar to ‘Wisley Queen’? Cornus kousa ‘WCBCRI’ Nyssa aquatica is very late into leaf. The leaves…

…30 to 40 year old plants on the drive appear identical to some viscosum hybrids seen in the Wisley garden centre originating from a French nursery. Very nice in the…