18th July

…hard so a short visit.Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ – squat growing and double white flowers Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus…

16th July

…but it may well be some other brassica? Brassica Brassica Then the puzzle over two ‘dandelion’ types which grow together. One is short growing with leaves as here which are…

10th July

…of 6x8ft as I discover today. Dry summers or perhaps they are short lived anyway? We have a supposed subsp. flexuosa coming on in the greenhouse I think. There may…

4th July

…One forgets quite what mess and chaos two small children can create in a very short space of time and quite how many tantrums per day there are. How the…

24th June

…Rookery Path which is labelled S. bumalda but is probably a hybrid with S. colchica. Staphylea bumalda Dipelta floribunda with seed capsules. Dipelta have short but spectacular lives. Dipelta floribunda…

17th June

…from London, much rain in the last three weeks and the best growth I ever saw in a short three weeks. Griersonianum and the Harrow hybrids are very good. Eriogynum…

16th June

…orientale poppies, is a short lived flop! Why they currently are so popular I cannot understand. A breath of wind or even a decent shower and the flowers are irreparably…

2nd June

…over the Queen and the palace was as good as it can be! Tom Hudson has responded to my short article on Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala written for the Cornwall Garden…

10th May

…in 2004! Scented rhodos have short lives and die off quickly not least from over flowering. Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Prunus jo-nioi planted alongside in 2006…

31st May

…but more prickles! Rosa cantabriensis 2015 – CHW The dogs set off for a short one and the plan is to look at just weigelia but of course it goes…

30th May

…leaf. Excellent species which I have never seen before and pride of place in the Kitchen Garden shortly. Malus trilobata Malus trilobata Viburnum orientale in flower. Viburnum orientale Prinsepia sinensis…

1st June

…Machilus yunnanense (seed from Raf Lenaerts). Machilus yunnanense 2019 – CHW A session with Karol doing short garden videos for the website to try to show how much there is…

28th May

…Nursery. So is the clump of Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ above the greenhouse. Very short lived trees which grow so quickly. One of the seven survives. Finally I settled on the…

23rd May

…but of course no one would think of buying any plants. Suddenly Michael Balston and Marie-Louise Agius arrive in a panic because they are two tickets short for their esteemed…

19th May

…what it was until I went to work at Windsor and discovered ‘daphnes’. Today we have here two or three forms of the short lived Daphne bholua varieties. I have…

17th May

…a dozen Stewartias (four species and one named cultivar) in the new planting area above the greenhouse will shortly be flowering; most for the first time as four to five…

13th May

…miss this but do not really like the colour especially when first out. Rhododendron ‘Lems Cameo’ Rhododendron ‘Lems Cameo’ Rhododendron lindleyi – superb but the most short lived of the…

4th March 1897 – 2020

…website and to see quietly what is out. The dogs are smelling spring bitches and only one bothers to come. Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ is ready to plant out shortly. The…