19th February

…off. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ perhaps the best thing in the garden today in the cold wind. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Acacia cultriformis with…

25th April

…also. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Daphne ‘Cheriton’ just out too although the plants are very small. Daphne ‘Cheriton’ A new plant to us. The yellow form of Isopogon anemonifolius just coming…

29th April

…its huge flowers. Rhododendron ‘Mi Amor’ Rhododendron zaleucum. Rhododendron zaleucum The last show on the nearly dead Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Magnolia ‘Daphne’ now at its best. Magnolia…

5th May

Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. Despite all its leaves being browned off and frozen into certain death there is now vigorous new growth all over the plant. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’…

6th May

…bahuiniflorum and Magnolia ‘Daphne’ and Rhododendron ‘Damaris’. Rhododendron bahuiniflorum The new growth on Quercus chapensis from seed grown by Margaret Miles from a conference in China in 2015. Gorgeous reddish-black…

26th May

…‘Greenway’ Azalea ‘Purple Triumph’ in the Rockery. Azalea ‘Purple Triumph’ Rhododendron radicans with only a few flowers. Rhododendron radicans This Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ was moved from a large pot…

31st May

…on Magnolia ‘Daphne’ – five to six weeks since it started. Magnolia ‘Daphne’ Trachycarpus wagnerianus in full flower despite (or perhaps because) it was half blown over a year or…

2nd September

…The first time I have seen Sesbania punicea in flower. Another genus with pea flowers. Sesbania punicea Sesbania punicea Daphne gemmata nicely out in flower in the shade. Daphne gemmata…

15th June

…out Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’. Only eight weeks to get this show. Salvia ‘Love and Wishes’ Pheas painting one of the front gates. The other side misses the sun and…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…their ‘sweetshop’. We need to ask now for the supply of: Daphne bholua varieties – several Dichroa cynea Dichroa cynea Dichroa gzum Dichroa gzum Dichroa gzum Schefflera delavayi – plenty…

23rd November

…Fear few magnolias to flower in spring. 1926 – JCW The Cardinal willow in the sun is very good indeed. Sasanquas are nice. The first white Daphne mezereum has been…

16th August

…Delight’ beside the castle remains. Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ 2020 – CHW Still in Daphne’s garden but with more reality as of today. Aconitum ‘Spark’s Variety’ is splendid…

25th September

…killed large Fuchsia exorticatica outside the front door and replanted with three Daphne bholua varieties behind the Rhododendron fragrantissimum which seem to have survived. Heavy mulching with well-rotted dung around…

11th September

…of Rule Britannia itself: From: Daphne Scott-Harden Sent: 08 September 2020 16:41 To: Subject: Fwd: BLM / Rule Brittania – background Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Andrew…

11th July

…which becomes large shrub or small tree. Just the job for where the three Daphne have died outside the front door in the recent drought. A replacement for the Fuchsia…

20th June

Daphne Scott Harden’s garden in Durham. From the left Cornus ‘Norman Hadden’, C. controversa ‘Variegata’ and C. kousa with Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ and Abutilon vitifolium ‘Album’ on the right….

7th April

…‘Columnar Pink’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ (‘Swedish Star’) is especially yellow this year and just out. A really good plant and perhaps better than M. ‘Daphne’ as it appears today. Magnolia…

6th June

…Kitchen Garden where the growth is already considerable. It was only cut once last year and that was probably a mistake.Daphne Scott-Harden sends a range of pictures of her wonderful…

4th June

…Bee’ is looking good on the drive but not as good as ‘Daphne’. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Enkianthus hirtinervus is just out, much later into flower than every…

1st June

…(or so he thought). Then to a trip around the garden with Daphne Scott-Harden, our great family friend from the north who has been seriously in the wars after being…