…I am not quite convinced this is the right name. Rhododendron ‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ Rhododendron ‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ 2017 – CHW The Daily Telegraph has a picture of a 16ft tall Echium…

…‘Lynwood’ looking splendid. Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Rubus tricolor looking good with Erica arborea. Rubus tricolor looking good with Erica arborea Unfrosted Echium pininana and Forsythia…

…not fared well and here we are. Rhododendron morii Rhododendron morii Rhododendron morii Magnolia ‘Carlos’ with some flowers frosted and some not. Magnolia ‘Carlos’ First flowers out on the Echium…

…flower. Crassula coccinea. Erica cerinthoides – the heath from South African which Burncoose has sold on occasion. Echium gentianoides was a startling blue. Thymus citriodorus ‘Archer’s Gold’ covering a seating…

…up (8) Chelsea build up (9) Chelsea build up (10) 2017 – CHW Today’s great drama is will the three 10ft tall echium flowers last the course until judging? The…

…eggs made from Echium leaves outside the Ante Room. Unusually this hen pheasant is actually trying to incubate them and a big snail’s shell as you can see if you…

…so sure this time. Plenty of bindweed, still pathetically few name labels for a botanic garden and just how many Echium fastuosum can you stick? Soon time to restart whole…

…echium, Verbascum and weed seedlings that a complete cleanout is needed to start again. The key spot to start would be the cistus collection which is long past its best…

…new planting Cistus x crispatus ‘Warley Rose’. Cistus x crispatus ‘Warley Rose’ The “weeds” have gone from the Olive avenue but then you see the Echium clumps that have flowered…