5th February

…Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ below the Tower. Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Snowdrops amid the Gunnera manicata plantation below Kitchen Garden. Snowdrops Frankie was working on a Saturday and had cleared…

27th August

…to their full potential. blue flowering hydrangea blue flowering hydrangea blue flowering hydrangea blue flowering hydrangea 2018 – CHW Schefflera aff. mynocarpa has a flower head forming late in the…

20th April

…‘Linearifolium’ Rhododendron (Azalea) stenophyllum ‘Linearifolium’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ is blue in bud (but not as blue as ‘Blue Opal’) opening as you see. Different! Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia…

21st April

…which I believe have now been reclassified as rhododendrons. Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ An old Rhododendron campylogynum on its last legs in the Rockery. Rhododendron…

11th March

‘Blue Giant’ would make an easy spring bulb pot sale with little effort. Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Rhododendron Nimrod Group was very…

29th April

…good a bluebell bit as we have in the main garden near Rogers Quarry. Bluebells Illicium majus is making a fair tree. Good new growth. Illicium majus Illicium majus Cercis…

29th March

…welcome addition to our four other pink and purple flowered Loropetalum varieties. Loropetalum carolina ‘Moonlight’ Teucrium fruiticosum ‘Azureum’ – a good blue and much better than the light blue of…

7th April

…which will soon drop as the new growth starts. Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ The first pure white and pink bluebells. While bluebells Pink bluebells On the plan this appears to…

23rd October

…paniculata ‘White Lace’ Young Acer campestre showing autumnal yellow. Acer campestre Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ turning to reddish purple. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ First yellowing on Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’. Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’…

10th July

…edifice which is 85 years old (20m x 25m). Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’ Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’ Gorgeous double blue flowered geranium for which I could, sadly, find no label. [It is…