16th July

…a perennial. Senecio jacobaea Senecio jacobaea Hypericum androsaemum, Sweet Amber, is a native shrubby perennial. The nursery sells improved forms of this Hypericum species but I have seldom seen this…

17th July

…they so love post COVID. Storm Eunice in January a non event red warning then. Cornwall is only an amber warning as yet but there is a strong offshore breeze…

19th February

…in 2012 and 2018 with power cuts and trees down but not a countrywide lockdown thrown in. The Met Office issued an amber warning for Wales and the south of…

14th May

…sieboldii subsp sinensis The newly planted Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ are flowering away nicely. Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ above the greenhouse is rather a mixed muddy colour. 2015 – CHW If we…

16th May

…‘Zlatia’ by the Four in Hand. The new yellow leaves glow in the sun and the beech ‘mast’ is forming. Very attractive. I wonder why this is not just named…

3rd October

…The new bench in the large greenhouse is complete and already full as the other benches get new insulation. new bench Rhus ‘Tiger Eyes’ with its developing autumn glow. Rhus…

23rd October

…this before. Rhododendron quinquefolium ‘Fire Arrows’ A young clump of Rhododendron schlippenbachii is quite superb and almost glow in the watery sunshine. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Rhododendron schlippenbachii Rhododendron schlippenbachii An older…

11th February

…Moulin Rouge Rhus Tiger Eyese large Ribes speciosum x 3 Sophora Dragon’s Gold Sorbaria Sem x 3 Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum sieboldiiFrank Matthews Prunus x per Spring Glow 125cm + bare-root…