…saw then. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ 2019 – CHW Styrax japonicus ‘Jippei-Kawamure’ has huge flowers with large petals and is quite unlike Styrax ‘Emerald…

…biloba Gingko biloba Gingko biloba Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ in full sun on a hot bank. Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba…

…winters. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Hanging over the wall above the salvia is a flower of Magnolia grandiflora. Magnolia grandiflora All on a coldish…

…Magnolia ‘Kousious’ Magnolia ‘Kousious’ So is Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ and the name now does it credit when it is full out. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’…

…another. A week to 10 days in London in the heat avoided (I am told London is currently very hot). The hay fever and sneezing from the plane trees in…

…well into last autumn. No frost to speak of so here it is again. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ These hemerocallis were a gift to my father 40 years…

…front arch is doing well with fewer casualties than I had feared. A hot spot in summer but evergreen azaleas and huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ provide wind protection from the…

…visible. Now that the plant is no longer in full shade it flowered twice last year in its newly hot location as we saw in the diary. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Viburnum…

…hot summer. Holboellia latifolia Sorbus rosea (SEP 492) with first fruits forming but not yet pink. Sorbus rosea This was the Sparrmannia africana cut to the ground in the ‘Beast’…

…a last year planted Magnolia ‘Snowblood’. Magnolia ‘Snowblood’ Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ with a flower or two out. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot…