…one I photographed yesterday in the nursery. Angelica gigas ‘Ebony’ Kniphofia ‘Poco Orange’ -Burncoose stocks this miniature one now. Nice if you like small red hot pokers! Kniphofia ‘Poco Orange’…

…of 20 attendees on a very hot day. One hour lecture, lunch and a 1½ hour tour of the gardens to look at hydrangeas. hydrangea lecture hydrangea lecture hydrangea lecture…

…‘Crimson Cloud’ has, as yet, not been gobbled up by pheasants. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ A sunny bank holiday with the beach full but not that hot a day. 2019…

…Does not like hot/full sun but holds its leaf colour right through the season. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Secondary flowers on Magnolia “Todd’s Fortyniner” which had…

…x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ flowers on and on into winter. An amazingly showy perennial plant with an enormous flowering season. Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ 2019 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’…

…means all crabs turn into small trees and some remain shrubby. All however need a hot and warm environment to thrive. Exactly what the now cleared old kitchen garden currently…

…2 hot summers and, now, a wet one or is the old plant about to die? Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Maackia chinensis has split out earlier on one side but…

…Nerine Nerine The very last flower for this year on Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ still in full flower. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ I was asked yesterday what the…

…Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica is only just out with one or two flowers. Later than usual I think. Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ just goes on and on!…

…is June flowering). I have my doubts? Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata Melicytisus crassifolius is getting away nicely in full sun and a hot location. Melicytisus crassifolius I had forgotten that…

…today but is actually deciduous. A real novelty as a flower and more people ought to try this. Best on a hot sunny bank as here. Asimia triloba Asimia triloba…

…the hundreds of house martins which have bred under the castle battlements this year depart for Africa. Hot, warm days of 20°c and cold nights of 3-5°c drive the flies…

…now in full flower. Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium The first Crinum powellii (crinum lily) is out but the slugs have got there first despite the hot weather. The leaves are…

…hyperythrum ‘Omo’ Lindera angustifolia against a blue sky. Lindera angustifolia Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ A really good young Magnolia nitida. Magnolia nitida Then the discovery…

…was cut down to get rid of the ivy within it. It has reshot more from root suckers than the cut main stems. Symphoricarpos albus Pinus wallichiana is now developing…

…‘Werrington’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ is good but I need to look up its origin and parentage. Not in the Eisenhut book. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’…

…The quinces are finally rotting away. quinces Many of the red berries on Ilex kingiana have blown off in the wind. Ilex kingiana Colour showing on Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’. The…

…Holman’ yet again. Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ which I was rude about in the past now improving markedly. Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ The Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’…

…growing happily away outside against a hot wall in Trengwainton garden. Hard to believe it is doing so well outside and with fruits. Citrus ‘Calamondin Orange’ Citrus ‘Calamondin Orange’ 2021…

…Sensation’ with a flower or two out. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ living up to its name. Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ The Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling in Tin Garden which…