…Naomie Harris and more press Chelsea stand 2016 Our celebrity Naomie Harris, the black Bond girl sensation, arrives half an hour late for the press photo call. She has been…

…on Bond Street. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Columbus’ Three grandchildren collecting pheasant eggs. grandchildren collecting pheasant eggs The cock pheasant has the largest ‘horns’ I have ever seen on any cockbird….

…Good colour and quite bold and dramatic in the sun. Just one flower out so far. Camellia saluenensis Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ shows the flower shape clearly. Camellia x…

…on this, clearly and self-evidently, best garden in England, with his new boss (ex Exbury) John Anderson. They will be in the Eric Savill, John Bond, Mark Flannigan mould and…

…Clifford Parks’ 2019 – CHW This is Michelia macclurei flowering for only the second time at Burncoose. Owen Johnson from the Tree Register recorded it as a record sized tree…

…Dancing to the last of the music with John and the grandchildren. Dancing 2023 – CHW Back to Max Kendry’s garden in the lovely village of Loxley in preparation for…

…red flowers. Camellia ‘Can Can’ Camellia ‘Can Can’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ in shade. A somewhat sparse flowerer here. Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’…

…really. Liriope ‘John Burch’ Liriope ‘John Burch’ Erica x williamsii ‘Ken Wilson’ in full flower. I need to do more research at home on Erica x williamsii as I know…

…of the flowers. Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron thompsonii Camellia reticulata ‘John Hunt’ with the largest flower of any camellia I have ever seen. Here with Michael. Camellia reticulata ‘John Hunt’ Camellia…

…Hillier’. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ John and Isla. John and Isla Lizzie and Sue Lancaster. Lizzie and Sue Lancaster Michelia martinii has a gorgeous scent. Michelia martinii Camellia reticulata ‘Dr…