6th October

…Ilex hookeri or Ilex dipyrena Ilex hookeri or Ilex dipyrena Ilex hookeri or Ilex dipyrena Ilex hookeri or Ilex dipyrena The tender Callicarpa psilocalyx is about to flower. I do…

14th December

…jasminum ‘Album’ still with flower in a tunnel. Solarium jasminum ‘Album’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ just out. Other varieties still to show colour. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’…

23rd May

…taken for identification. Fiax barumina The ilex in the old Charlie Michaels Nursery has also partially reverted to Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Hendersonii’ from what was originally Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Belgica…

21st June

…wilsonii Styrax wilsonii Styrax wilsonii Styrax americanus (Kankakee Form) is not quite out yet. Styrax americanus 2019 – CHW The casualties from the April/May dry weather in the Isla Rose…

9th August

…part, trifoliate which would have made this a Eucryphia x intermedia variety. Eucryphia x lucida Eucryphia x lucida Yet another large clump of 30 to 40 year old Rhododendron decorum….

7th August

…at their best while the Thalicitum are over. Last year it was the other way around. Lilies superb! lilies Phlox ‘Bright Eyes’ and Crocosmia masonorum. Phlox ‘Bright Eyes’ and Crocosmia…