18th May

…Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ (second plant) with a more pronounced weeping habit – planted 2009. Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ Tilia tomentosa…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…in flower. Polyspora Polyspora An attractive add on building to a listed one! Building The first time that I have seen Rhododendron ‘Trewithen Orange’ for years. Rhododendron ‘Trewithen Orange’ Rhododendron…

29th April

…var subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ A rather sickly Rhododendron ‘Trewithen Orange’. They are always temperamental and disease prone as well as dying like flies. Not out properly yet but nice when…

4th October

…seen before here. Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Crataegus calpodendron with orange-red pear shaped fruits appearing for the first time here. A US and Canadian native with few thorns which is…

31st May

…I have missed the others during Chelsea. Azalea ‘Orange King’ Azalea ‘Orange King’ A rogue Rhododendron ponticum is suddenly visible opposite Rhododendron stenaulum. It must go! Rhododendron ponticum Rhododendron ponticum…

10th October

…odd fungus collected during the fungus survey here on 28th September: I left a specimen on your entrance table by the pine cones, a branch covered in ‘Orange Pore fungus’…

24th March

…incisa ‘The Bride’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Back at Caerhays a few more magnolias on the drive. This Magnolia ‘Shirraz’…

26th December

…Herraswater road at Herraswater Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ slightly frosted and now the stems break off from the rhizomes at ground level. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ This elderly Rhododendron weyrichii…

29th March

…in Trengwainton garden. Hard to believe it is doing so well outside and with fruits. Citrus ‘Calamondin Orange’ Citrus ‘Calamondin Orange’ 2021 – CHW The amazing Tilia endochrysea just into…

27th June

…‘Firebird’ is a good red. Echinacea ‘Firebird’ Lampranthus orange – not obliging us by opening. Lampranthus orange Mandevilla laxa is tender but a really wonderful conservatory climber. No obvious scent…