…very hot day. Family run I guess. Sits alongside all the Isle of Wight veg growers and their glasshouses and also near the famous Garlic Farm. Yet more gauras which…

…old. The dappled shade from young trees on a newly planted hot bank is initially a good idea but needs managing over time. More light too for a nearby and…

…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…

…garden tour today with Susan d’Arcy, a travel writer for The Times, who was staying at The Nare hotel as they reopened after lockdown. Since the hotel is fully booked…

…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…

…Enjoys a hot dry spot here. Quercus trojana Quercus trojana Quercus trojana Rhododendron loderi ‘Coral Pink’ in the Loderi Walk. Rhododendron loderi ‘Coral Pink’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Coral Pink’ Rhododendron campylogynum…

…has perhaps taken 15 years for the point to be made though. Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ A clump of Rhododendron ‘Halfdan Lem’ nearby are a splendid…

…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…

…We still do not really know but, having seen the trailer, where I have a bit to say in the Billiard Room, and there are clips of Exbury with Marie-Louise…

…ashei 2017 – CHW Overnight at Brasted’s hotel and restaurant near Norwich. Left home at 3pm. Flight from Newquay to Stansted and sitting down to dinner by 8.45pm. Brasted’s hotel…

…flower from suckers (sign of hot summer?). Quercus oxyodon in flower (first time?).1998 – FJW Picked flower of Sinocalyanthus – first time it has flowered here. Young Lithocarpus pachyphyllus by…

…are often disappointed in the reality of three weeks or less in hot weather. This plant has been in flower for at least five months since well before the leaves…

…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…

…involucrata On a hot dry bit of Burns Bank a nearly dead large camellia which has not survived the droughts. It might reshoot if cut down soon. nearly dead large…

…after a hot summer is this magnolia ever likely to set seeds properly in our climate. Magnolia grandiflora 2017 – CHW The Cornwall construction industry training awards dinner at St…

…not as I have seen this before. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Vitex agnus castus in the sun on a remarkably hot afternoon. Vitex agnus castus Cladrastis kentukea turning…

…I expected to see. N.B it took about 2-3 years to show them. 1917 – JCW Home from Scotland, 24 species of rhodo’n in flower. it has been very hot…

…Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli To add another superb example of trees and shrubs flowering out of season after a hot summer (May to June especially) here is an apple…

…year on from planting, on the stony rim of Rogers Quarry, is a fine example. 12-18in of new growth on two stems despite the dry summer and a hot location….