12th January

…mild weather. 1987 – FJW The coldest day I have seen. 10° frost (10 a.m), 18° frost (10 p.m), moderate snow. 1978 – FJW Fine unspoilt blooms of Trewidden Grande…

16th February

…the last two years also. Quite a miss! rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids 2016 – CHW Finally a night of some not very severe frost but enough…

4th January

…is now full out and quite splendid in the sun today despite the recent frosts. The flowers are slightly irregular in shape and often shatter and get blown away but…

18th February

…domestica ‘Firepower’ still with good red tints. Nandina domestica ‘Firepower’ Nandina domestica ‘Woods Dwarf’ not quite as good. Nandina domestica ‘Woods Dwarf’ Syzygium paniculatum ‘Newport’ with minor frost damage. Trim…

RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…hellebores and, unlike others, was totally undamaged. One to get into our catalogue. Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Trillium chloropetalum is not one we stock but…

17th October

…all show bits of flower, and primulinum. 1906 – JCW No frost and begonia etc etc V.G. Sweet peas just over. 1905 – JCW First hard and white frost knocked…

17th December

…bholua ‘Limpsfield’. Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ The Echiums have taken a real battering in the frost. Echiums Echiums Hydrangea aspera ‘Kawakamii’ well frosted too. Hydrangea aspera ‘Kawakamii’ 2021 – CHW The…

14th December

…two Camellia speciosa buds showing flowers. So far no frost, no big wind smash, but it has been very rude weather. 1933 – JCW Just the hardest frost I can…

7th March

…things needing a proper identity. 2023 – CHW A cold night and a few magnolias below Kitchen Garden have caught the frost high up. Still remarkably dry for the time…

1st March

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffil’ Leaves already on Acer mandchuricum as usual. High risk if we do get frost. Acer mandchuricum Acer mandchuricum Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ early as usual. Ribes…