…protestors block the M5 and A30 so only the very slow coastal route home via Dorchester and Honiton. Marwood Hill Garden have just won a Gold Medal at Hampton Court…

…(possibly setchuanensis var. corymbiflora although the leaf description of corymbiflora did not always match what I saw) in many borders as feature plants where they have been staked up (usually…

…a Lamium or a Teucrium. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica The view from Ventonveth to Corwenna hills which we restored from scrub in the 1990s. Corwenna hill The hedges are a…

…flowers: Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier ‘La Paloma’ F.C.C. –…

…Magnolia ‘Old Port’ 2023 – CHW A Brookland Travel tour today with Andy McIndoe, formally MD of Hilliers, and an elderly group.Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitchii’ at its stunning best….

…Gemma Arterton and sister Gemma Arterton & Guy Hands Gemma Arterton & John Hill Gemma Arterton & protea ‘Little Prince’ John Hill from Burncoose Nurseries, Gemma Arterton, Gabby Evans from…

…Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ just starting but wind damaged overnight. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in its pomp. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia…

…but here top-grafted so it has remained the same size for 20 years. SORBUS ‘Hilling Spire’ SORBUS ‘Hilling Spire’ Sorbus ‘Hilling Spire’ – this plant was a present from Trevor…

…snow piling up on the lawn. Yes, it really is 1st March and the first day of Spring. About -7, -8C with windchill. The lake is starting to freeze at…

…stand). Camellia japonica ‘Tammia’ Camellia japonica ‘Park Hill Tomorrow’ which we have on Burns Bank I think (on Strete Gate stand). Camellia japonica ‘Park Hill Tomorrow’ C. Other plants at…