10th June

…‘Strawberry Fields’ Cornus kousa ‘Weaver’s Weeping’ is now in full shade and flowering below its potential. Cornus kousa ‘Weaver’s Weeping’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ full out. Purple foliage and the blue…

27th July

…paniculata ‘Wim’s Red’ just out – no red as yet. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Wim’s Red’ Magnolia delavayi full out under the wall. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’ not…

24th July

…hard at a raft of paperwork). Jasminum officinale affine 2015 – CHW Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ is a taller growing form of serrata and quite pretty close up if you like…

1st April

…trees. Ilex cyrtura Ilex cyrtura Ilex cyrtura Ilex cyrtura A record Nothofagus cunninghamii. Nothofagus cunninghamii Nothofagus cunninghamii Laurelia serrata with an even more trailing habit than ours. A wall of…

19th June

…hydrangea in March but we have lost the label (or it never had one). I will ask. hydrangea hydrangea hydrangea Hydrangea serrata ‘Mount Aso’. The Salix ‘Mount Aso’ flowering here…

6th June

…Thalictrum delavayi var mucronatum – also on the Crug Farm stand. Thalictrum delavayi var mucronatum Anemone rivularis. Anemone rivularis Roscoea humeana. Roscoea humeana Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ on the Tregrehan stand….

2nd May

…this species? Cornus hongkongensis Cornus hongkongensis Laurelia serrata in flower which I had not seen before. Laurelia serrata The very rare and record tree – Fokienia hodginsii which I had…

22nd April

…and Andrew & Vanessa Leslie. We all enjoyed a garden together for the first time in a year. A three-hour ramble amongst the usual array of new plants.Photinia serrata ‘Pink…

13th May

…azaras generally do not – smell aside! Actually it might be Azara serrata but I forgot to inspect the underside of the leaves to check. I planted three species of…

18th June

…Stewartia ogisu I have yet to find our plants of Stewartia serrata, Stewartia malacodendron and Stewartia ovata. We have probably looked at Stewartia pseudocamellia and S. rostrata quite enough already…