…x ‘Midsummer Mermaid Blue’ flowering nicely with bluish new growth. A Glendoick cross planted in 2017. Rhododendron viscosum x ‘Midsummer Mermaid Blue’ Rhododendron viscosum x ‘Midsummer Mermaid Blue’ The bed…

…first time in 7 weeks and the forecast for next week is pleasantly wet. Hopefully that is the end of the drought for this summer. 2022 – CHW Lunch with…

…Possibly killed by pheasant poults? Many sightings of adders this summer and several dogs bitten walking on the cliffs in Cornwall. At the GWCT clay shoot last Saturday I looked…

…trunk after the wet summer. So hard to get this tender species established except in total wind shelter on all sides. Magnolia nitida Magnolia nitida Seed heads swelling on Rhododendron…

…totally dry for at least 8 weeks. granite bird bath 2021 – CHW I was wrong to say a month ago that the summer drought risk had passed. No rain…

…marked contrast to my views on Ventnor Botanics last summer which stirred up a public furore this arboretum is extremely well cared for, full of new planting and perfectly labelled…

…25 year old original tree. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ smelling disgusting (as it was last week)! Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ smelling about…

…dieback to cut out as I feared a year ago after that dry summer. Hydrangea sprengeri ‘Diva’ A leftover of COVID on a camellia! COVID Mountains of seed on Styrax…

…tells us a bit about its parentage. Mahonia fortunei ‘Winter Prince’ Young plants of Mallotus japonicus have positively enjoyed the drought and grown on well this summer. Proper flowering this…

…pitardii Secondary flowers on Viburnum rhytidophyllum which I had not expected after such a heavy crop of flowers in the summer. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Rhododendron ‘Bowjingles’ flowering in a nursery bed….