24th June

…or Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum or Lady’s Bedstraw Lady Cynthia Carew Pole’s day lilies as good as over by the tower. The original names long last but I try to…

28th June

…Cherry’ Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ an improved form of karvinskianus and would probably sell just as well. Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claret’ – a…

4th February

…‘Valentine’s Torch’ showing very little yellow this year in its blown open flowers. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Very first pendulous flowers out on Camellia x williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’. Camellia x…

9th February

…Snow’ and Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ now full out by the front door and rather splendid today. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia…

17th January

…bedraggled flower on the Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ on the wall beyond the front door. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 2021 – CHW The elderly Camellia ‘Imbricata’ on the top wall just starting….

24th December

…on the ancient Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ by the front door. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ This Rhododendron calophytum has drooping leaves and looks sick. Perhaps just anticipating a cold snap…

31st December

…indicum Rhododendron indicum A good show on a very elderly Camellia japonica in a clump. This one with large reddish flowers. Camellia japonica Camellia japonica A Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ at…

29th April

…Largely the creation of Lady Edith Londonderry between 1921 and 1959 it today belongs to the National Trust and attracts 250,000 visitors a year. 18 gardeners and 160 acres. Mike…

18th April

…garden next spring. Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Likewise some young Rhododendron burmanicum. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum I peeled the bark off an elderly Betula albosinensis…

27th December

…the photographs. Salvia leucantha First flower on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ by the front door. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Noblissima’ beside it has a secondary or tertiary flush of flowers which…