13th February

…Peter Smithers’ – a darker form from Wisley Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ A Dichroa cynea with fruits. Exotic and unseen by us before. Purple…

11th February

…Purple Breeze Purple Eye Purple Star Rose Marie Rominas Pink Sybille dawsoniana Valley Splendour stellata Wisley Stardust R&G Celtis sinensisPavia Euonymus americanusAvaxa 1 Acer macrophyllum 1 Berberis jamesiana 1 Berberis…

31st October

…of some size. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum 1987 – FJW October a miserable month – Iran, Stock Exchange, hurricane in south of England. Wakehurst, Exbury, Wisley, Kew very badly HIT….

27th April

…celebrate. Rosemoor is now, I think and Jim almost agrees, a better garden than Wisley with more plants in more landscape contexts. It is growing and improving all the time….

19th June

…you can see. Escallonia tucumanensis Escallonia tucumanensis Cornus kousa ‘Rasen’ looking as good as ‘Wisley Queen’ yesterday. Cornus kousa ‘Rasen’ Cornus kousa ‘Rasen’ Cornus kousa ‘Weberi’ has few flowers but…

7th October

…Michael where they are to go. These are almost brand new to the UK nursery trade and first seen by us properly until last spring at Windsor and Wisley. They…

6th May

…‘Red Lion’ Now off to Wisley for the RHS centenary rhododendron show with the Crawshays and Thomas Methuen-Campbell. A fairly liquid trip I expect with the odd rhododendron thrown in!…

20th April

…CHW Another (fine) day and another tour for 27 clients of Brightwater Holidays with Colin Crosbie (ex Wisley) and my new squawk box which means I can speak to the…

15th May

…appear identical to some viscosum hybrids seen in the Wisley garden centre originating from a French nursery. Very nice in the shade. Azalea viscosum hybrids Azalea viscosum hybrids The azalea…

9th September

…article in full here but I can repeat the last paragraph of what the Head of Horticultural Taxonomy at Wisley wrote:Hybrid rehab Can we, now that concerns around the hybrid…