17th July

…‘Sunshiny Drops’ Slugs always have a go at Chimonanthus praecox. As in the nursery so too outside even in full sun in a dry location. Chimonanthus praecox The ‘best’ old…

10th February

…Sutchuenense some open, P pissardi injured by the gales. R praecox going over, Prunus conradinae over. 1908 – JCW Only one seedling trumpet open. Some N cyc and hybrids found,…

18th May

…Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox (2014 planted). The trunk has peeled already but no flowers as yet. Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus simonosii with plenty of buds and a wonderful trunk….

5th February

…website as yet but it will be. Magnolia tamaulipana Lindera praecox just coming out in a tunnel. Lindera praecox Amazing trailing cascades of lichen on a yew tree overhanging the…

11th March

…Mume ditto, all G Spur, many Rho praecox, Mag halleana several, Dauntlep well out, flowers of 23, all the Italian. 1897 – JCW Some Narcissi Emperor out, CJ Backhouse, M…

RHS Savill Garden – Flower Show Pictures – 2018

…‘Pow Wow’ Buxus hyrcanus – unusual to say the least Buxus hyrcanus Buxus hyrcanus Stachyurus praecox var leucotrichus Stachyurus praecox var leucotrichus Rhododendron baihuaense Rhododendron baihuaense Spiraea prunifolia flowering before…

2nd February

…JCW Hard frost but we are planting where I cleared the laurels at the quarry ( they did well). 1911 – JCW Praecox shows colour, snowdrops out, R nobleanum out…

10th March

…maximus just breaking spathe – one Cam reticulata open. Rho praecox half open. 1904 – JCW Dauntlep open but nothing else in the way of Sir W, Horsfieldii or Emperor….

7th March

…40 camellias sold in the last three weeks. sales point sales point Erica lusitanica and Rhododendron praecox. Is Erica lusitanica really any different from the Erica arborea which self-seeds itself…

6th June

praecox. Stachyurus praecox Hydrangea ‘Mme E. Mouillere’ is out already. It was out in February just before ‘The Beast’. Amazingly long flowering season. Hydrangea ‘Mme E. Mouillere’ Syringa komarowii is…