13th March

…Magnolia mollicomata Magnolia mollicomata Magnolia mollicomata The group do the admiring! The group The group Magnolia foveolata (WWJ 11955) sadly with no flowers but 15-20ft tall. Magnolia foveolata Magnolia foveolata…

30th April

…leichtlinii Caerulea Group Camassia leichtlinii Caerulea Group Lower branches trimmed off all the trees at the bottom of Kennel Close by Tim and Jack. When the pole chainsaw returns from…

23rd May

…wonderful purple form we saw in The Valley Gardens but wonderful to have this back in the garden nevertheless. Rhododendron cinnabarinum ‘Roylei Group’ (2) Rhododendron cinnabarinum ‘Roylei Group’ (1) Another…

31st May

…Gate to welcome visitors. Deciduous azaleas Rhododendron stamineum, the butterfly rhododendron, in the Main Quarry. I fear this group are overflowering and at the end of their lives but we…

7th April

…Schilling’ nearby is just as good. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Peter Schilling’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Montague Group’ which I see Jaimie has done some crossing on. Rhododendron ‘Lady Montague Group’ First flowers out…

20th November

…bush. Lindera sericea Lindera sericea Its leaves nicely match a nearby secondary flowering of Rhododendron cinnarbarinum Concatenans Group. Rhododendron cinnarbarinum Concatenans Group Rhododendron cinnarbarinum Concatenans Group Leaf drop under the…

27th July

…mature stem on Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group is splitting and fissuring at the base. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Last flowers on Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack…

10th September

…Villosa Group Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group One forgets just how attractive the leaf arrangement is on Ginko biloba even before the brilliant autumn yellowing. Just look at how intricately these…

25th December

…‘Takanini’ Yet more young Pinus insignis blown over in recent gales. Pinus insignis Pinus insignis Rhododendron Golden Oriole Group – ‘Busaco’ with its first flowers on a newly planted group

29th February

…here as ‘Golden Oriole var. Busaco’. Rhododendron Golden Oriole Group Rhododendron Golden Oriole Group A grafted Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ above the greenhouse from the Lanarth plant growing at the top of…