18th October

…than Jelly Rot. at the base of a sweet chestnut at the base of a sweet chestnut A trip to the greenhouse reveals a number of pleasant surprises! To tidy…

12th May

Sweet Emily Kate Camellia champetre Sweet Jane Camellia classique Tom Pouce Camellia classique Winter Gem 2015 – CHW First lorry goes to Chelsea with the fountain and the moongate sculpture….

25th April

…nice colour mix. x Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ x Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ is proving a strong seller. Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ Heuchera ‘Fire Chief’ is another unusual colour combination….

12th October

…jam? Mespilus germanica Mespilus germanica Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ has a single seed pod. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Amazingly Cercis canadensis ‘Flame’ has a crop of flowers. It was…

15th December

…felling in my September tree survey. deadish sweet chestnut deadish sweet chestnut Michelia ‘Fairy White’ is laden with buds only three years on from planting out in the garden. A…

5th July

…This Alchemilla mollis was planted here for Serena’s wedding a year ago. Alchemilla mollis The Sweet William are splendid in many colours. All self-sown. Sweet William Sweet William The first…

29th March

…and should recover. A small growing variety which flowers very early and copiously. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ still has plenty of perfect flowers…

7th March

…Tulip’ x M. x soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine – not bad and now performing better. Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine Magnolia ‘Pichard’s Ruby’ x M.’J.C. Williams’- again I can…

23rd June

…door. Weeks after the first ones came out in the Auklandii Garden. Azalea indica Last year the Tropaeolum speciosum struggled to reach the top of the Camellia ‘Lady Clare’. I…

8th May

…squarrosa Still a flower or two on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ nearly four months since it first performed. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ The large Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ by the sales point is…