…a gold medal only £575! Burncoose stand Burncoose stand Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ Cyathia cooperi Cyathia cooperi Good use of Primula and…

…Rosa ‘Blue for You’ Rosa ‘Blue for You’ A nice memorial for Albert Riddle outside the members’ pavilion. Albert would have approved of the developing piss up in the CLA…

…Crataegus brachyacantha, the Blueberry hawthorn, from the southern US states. We have yet to see any blue-black fruits. Crataegus brachyacantha Crataegus brachyacantha Crataegus ambigua – Russian hawthorn. Very similar to…

…to white. A very good plant although grafted onto a Crataegus. Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue…

…flowering is not bad! Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ has astonishing blue buds with a silvery indumentum. They open blueish and then a…

…was new to the catalogue last year. Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’. Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’ Still berries on Ilex aquifolium ‘Argentea Marginata’ which is unusual for mid-March….

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ has had a haircut and been re-staked upright. The older foliage is not very blue at this time…

…Another new plant to us for the new 2018 catalogue: Viburnum ‘Blue Muffin’ Viburnum ‘Blue Muffin’ Viburnum ‘Blue Muffin’ Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ with splendid orange, red and yellow colour in…

…secondary flowers. This single one by George’s Hut is not far off the spring norm in colour but a bit smaller. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Rhododendrnon ‘Blue Tit’ with its usual…

…‘Pendula’. Later than usual to show. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ A good show of secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Seed forming in profusion on…

…Mahonia nitens ‘Cabaret’ Mahonia nitens ‘Cabaret’ Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ has just finishing flowering but still a most attractive blue. Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ The Acer palmatum varieties imported from…

…superb at this time of the year. Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ Callistemon ‘Red Cluster’ with secondary flowers. Callistemon ‘Red Cluster’ Our new pictorial labelling…

…syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ just out in flower. Not the most exciting ‘Ginger’ I have ever seen. Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ Marsdenia oreophila out in…

…rigida Euphorbia rigide Pinus palustris Pinus palustris Pinus palustris Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Coleonema…

…good show in the Aucklandii Garden today in the fading light. Camellia ‘St Ewe’ with ‘JCW’ Our best clump of blue mophead hydrangeas still have plenty of blue showing in…

…‘African Queen’ as good purples and by ‘Blue Horizon’ as a darker blue. B. ‘Orchid Beauty’ has spectacular balls of flowers up the flower spike. B. ‘Santana’ is better than…

…this year. Magnolia ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Philip’s Surprise’ with a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Philip’s Surprise’ 2024 – CHW The Garden Society Dinner in London and 4 species of Lindera…

…come out. Small tree. Clethra cavalieri Clethra cavalieri Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ – excellent and a plant to get. Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ Styrax japonica ‘Evening Light’ Styrax japonica…

…an interesting dwarf holly. Ilex x meserveae ‘Little Rascal’ Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana with berries already. Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana Lobelia ‘Starship Rose’ and ‘Strawberry Blue’ – nice enough but…

…as it gets as I well remember from 3 years ago. Paul Young-Jamieson 2017 – CHW Glorious sun and a blue sky for the magnolias. I will let the pictures…