28th July

…up We are trying to grow Brahea armata – Mexican Blue Palm – in Kennel Close and above the greenhouse. So far they are doing well but not as well…

26th October

…it is in August. Fuchsia and Echium seedlings The evergreen Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ is excellent as well. Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ Garrya…

29th June

…Batch Blue Texels. Texels And a Jacob sheep. Jacob sheep Calf judging. Calf Miniature goats. goats And miniature donkeys! donkeys Pigs in repose. Pigs Rows of antique tractors. tractors tractors…

30th April

…against a blue sky. Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ We used to call this Michelia crassipes – now also (supposedly) Magnolia laevigata. Only in flower very…

20th February

…paxii: Blue undersides to leaves Acer sacchorum subsp. skutchii: Mexico Acer wardii Actinidia rubrifolia var. coriacea: Red flowers Betula calcicola: Dwarf shrub curled and furry/hairy new growth Betula skvortsovii Betula…

23rd June

…factory in Lowestoft and to discuss their show garden. Blueberry fruit changing colour already in the Harrod Horticultural vegetable garden. Blueberry fruit Wisteria venusta starting to grow up the new…

9th March

…laundry building laundry building laundry building These blue barrels will be used as supplementary pheasant feeders for all the birds which survived the last, much-shortened, shooting season. blue barrels Prunus…

28th March

blue carpet. bluebells The Asiatic magnolia season reached its zenith this week and will now fade out with a few New Zealanders still to go. Despite the early start in…

10th April

…down by the pond. Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’ Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’ First flower out on the pure white form of Staphylea holocarpa. We do not have the white form…

14th April

…‘Yakeo’. Rhododendron ‘Martha Wright’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ and Rhododendron veitchianum ‘Cubittii Group’. Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ and Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ A single tiny flower on the aptly named…

31st March

…now too against a cold blue sky. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ has been out for weeks. Still holding up well despite all the east wind and some frost. Magnolia…

8th May

blue as the other in bud. Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Araucaria angustifolia was planted out in early March but the recent frost has done for it…

10th May

…it has few flowers this year after the cold winter. Despite there being few flowers out the ground is carpeted with buds pecked in half by blue tits seeking the…

18th May

…Nurseries) with a strange blue hue to its large leaves. Eucalyptus delegatensis Eucalyptus delegatensis Eucalyptus gregsoniana (also Roundabarrow) with a fine set of new growth. Eucalyptus gregsoniana Quercus trojana just…

26th May

…Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ flowering for the first time. Two previous plants died. Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ 2020 – CHW Over the bank holiday weekend many emails…

28th May

…grow here. This one in full sun and fully exposed to the wind. Pittosporum dallii Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ growing (unlike ours) in a windy position. Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’…

4th June

…this oak but I have sadly forgotten it. oak Sorbus dunnii looking good. Sorbus dunnii Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) growing on rather…

21st September

…successful breading year for them. Two egrets around the lake. The Blue Cedar was planted by H.R.H. Prince Charles on 24th April 1984 below the Nobby. It has done well…

11th November

…in the summer as you can see and now a second crop which start white then go blue. Not exactly what you would expect to find in November! Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’…

8th October

…in October! Secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ 2021 – CHW (photos to follow)Our spring order of daffodil bulbs has just arrived from Ron Scamp’s son. These…