…Sorbonaria fallax ‘Likjornaja’ x Sorbonaria fallax ‘Likjornaja’ Wonderful bronzy new foliage on Betula fansipanensis as well. Betula fansipanensis Deutzia longifolia in Tin Garden – what a flower! I need to…

…scarlet then almost black autumn colour. Rather better than described in Hillier’s who say autumn colour only in the most suitable growing conditions. Cornwall is hardly noted for its autumn…

…Malus x robusta ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’. Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’ Malus ‘Butterball’. Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus transitoria ‘Gulliver’. Malus transitoria ‘Gulliver’ Malus ‘Gorgeous’. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’. Malus toringo…

…rose A hen pheasant laid an egg in a pot containing a Daphne bholua outside the front door early this morning. No wonder they are such hopeless mothers laying randomly…

…and posterity here are a selection of our pictures of Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’. VIBURNUM plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ VIBURNUM plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ VIBURNUM plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ I wonder…

…do wonder what this has cost the taxpayer and if it could not have been done with simple rocks rather than cut granite. The estate is now responsible for maintaining…

…glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ was a good new form. Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ Calocedrus decurrens ‘Berrima Gold’ [Not ‘Burma Gold’ – thanks to Wolfgang Keidel for…

…arrived on plant imports from Italy or Spain. Odd how such insects could have survived The Beast in early March. I wonder what their life cycle is? stick insects stick…

…surprise first flowering of a third cross of Jaimie’s this year. Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ crossed with Magnolia ‘Lanarth’. Wonderful colour on the first and only flower this year. I think…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW This wonderful Rhododendron parishia (CWJ 6346) – (as it is labelled) is clearly…