…which cover rhododendrons, roses, chrysanthemums and paeonies.Work is proceeding apace at The Hovel. We have a site meeting with Bill Collings of W F Collings who is clearly ‘a character’….

…palm – these two plants have doubled in size since I last saw them on this very hot top bank. Brahea armata Brahea armata Jubaea chilensis – Chilean wine palm…

…with their ‘toys’ and the odd glass of wine. A profitably day which makes me think. What they bought was on Drew’s retail website before they left apart from the…

…the wine supplies hold out and we give Terence some stick over the seating plan which was a gorgeous cock up wasting hours of happy time as not everyone had…

…aloud to work in the arboretum twice a week, sometines only once, so it’s quit frustrating. Thank god we have good french wine to help us cope with that situation…..

…After a glass of wine somehow the depression lifts when one thinks about new species to try in catalogues and in our nursery beds. Tom Hudson’s email today about a…

…the website can now show the whole stand with key insets of: Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Salvia ‘Love and Wishes’ Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Victoria’ Lupinus ‘Manhattan…

…our drinks and few scuffles break out. The Terra Firma Italian wine has supercharged corks which go flying as does the pink fizz. The TV cameras roll. Chelsea plant of…

…flower. H mollis is moving but not showing colour. C sasanquas frosted. Erica darleyense not quite open. 1922 – JCW Roses – lapagerias – hydrangeas – Erica darleyense are all…

…for 30 acres. Impressively maintained but hideous! begonias and roses begonias and roses begonias and roses Euonymus kiautschovicus was a small evergreen tree. Hillier’s say it is tough but similar…