…new varieties bred by Longstock are now available in the nursery trade. We still offer the Nanho strain of supposedly dwarf growing buddleia but the US bred ‘Buzz’ varieties are…

…in the nursery even as they come into flower. Should we try dwarf growing ones like ‘Balmy Purple’ here? Monarda ‘Balmy Purple’ An excellent display of Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’…

…also a large tree. Planted 2009. Carpinus x schuschaenensis Carpinus nimopli – name may be a misspelling as I cannot find it. A very dwarf growing species anyway. Carpinus nimopli…

…things to try to cheer things up. The NE wind persists and the ground is finally drying up.Rhododendron canadense just coming out. An attractive dwarf rhododendron. Rhododendron canadense Rhododendron canadense…

…which Burncoose used to stock and I have only ever seen it in flower once before. Here a huge clump with iris like leaves. Lupinus lepidus is dwarfish growing and…

…not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron russatum in the Rockery….

…‘Linearifolium’ Rhododendron (Azalea) stenophyllum ‘Linearifolium’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ is blue in bud (but not as blue as ‘Blue Opal’) opening as you see. Different! Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia…

…to perform her aerial layering on. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Ossies Yellow’…

…a ‘blue’ flower as M. ‘Woodsman’ and M. ‘Patriot’ which was out a month earlier. Odd and different! Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Philadelphus satsuma (BSWJ 11004)…

…idea what this dwarf rhododendron is. It likes its hot dry bank (which most do not) and I have never seen it in flower before. Perhaps Rhododendron pemakoense but the…