…‘Noblissima’ Three of the five Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ have flower buds for next year but none on the one which flowered this year which probably overdid it. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’…

back to the 27th April Today Guincho and then to Mahee Island. Right beside the Sambucus seedling is Euonymus lucidus with its gorgeous reddish new growth. Euonymus lucidus Coprosma ‘Beatson’s…

…rounded red fruits. Cotoneaster sylvestrii Cotoneaster sylvestrii 2023 – CHW Final tidying in the new Rookery clearing has given the pheasants plenty of opportunity for dust baths. 28°c here yesterday…

…original Chaenomeles x superba ‘Rowallane’ is a vivid scarlet or is it orange/ red? A chance seedling originally found at Rowallane. We saw the Hypericum ‘Rowallane’ nearby but it was…

…would be very visible without it. The Trachelospermum jasminoides which I planted next door is scenting everything but covered in bindweed. Trachelospermum jasminoides Agapanthus campanulatus ‘Rosewarne’ as good as pictured…

…first Lapageria rosea flowers. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ again with a large truss of flowers. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Escallonia bifida covered in bumble bees and red admirals. Escallonia bifida…

…looking justified in its former Plant of the Year award. Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ The very red and late flowering Azalea ‘Jane Fire’. Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ Azalea ‘Jane…

…Microtropis petelotii covered in seed heads. Microtropis petelotii Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’ with a few red seeds. Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’ Secondary flowers in Rhododendron elliottii. Rhododendron elliottii 2022 –…

…be proud to grow distinctive forms of the hybrid? To my mind the white-flowered form has great merit, and an unusual lilac-flowered form sent into the RHS from Guernsey under…

…with scent on the drive. Camellia lutchuense hybrid A very large flowered Camellia reticulata by Donkey Shoe. Unnamed on the plan. A very ‘leggy’ plant with few flowers. A bit…