…syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ just out in flower. Not the most exciting ‘Ginger’ I have ever seen. Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ Marsdenia oreophila out in…

…secondary flowers. This single one by George’s Hut is not far off the spring norm in colour but a bit smaller. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Rhododendrnon ‘Blue Tit’ with its usual…

…Mahonia nitens ‘Cabaret’ Mahonia nitens ‘Cabaret’ Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ has just finishing flowering but still a most attractive blue. Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ The Acer palmatum varieties imported from…

…an interesting dwarf holly. Ilex x meserveae ‘Little Rascal’ Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana with berries already. Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana Lobelia ‘Starship Rose’ and ‘Strawberry Blue’ – nice enough but…

…it is in August. Fuchsia and Echium seedlings The evergreen Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ is excellent as well. Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ Garrya…

…come out. Small tree. Clethra cavalieri Clethra cavalieri Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ – excellent and a plant to get. Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ Styrax japonica ‘Evening Light’ Styrax japonica…

…good show in the Aucklandii Garden today in the fading light. Camellia ‘St Ewe’ with ‘JCW’ Our best clump of blue mophead hydrangeas still have plenty of blue showing in…

…‘African Queen’ as good purples and by ‘Blue Horizon’ as a darker blue. B. ‘Orchid Beauty’ has spectacular balls of flowers up the flower spike. B. ‘Santana’ is better than…

…‘Blue Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ is growing into a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ just showing. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Another young Pinus radiata snapped off…

…rigida Euphorbia rigide Pinus palustris Pinus palustris Pinus palustris Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Coleonema…

…azalea hybrids As I have forewarned you twice already the Spanish bluebells ARE indeed out today. A good month earlier than ever before. Worthy of a letter to the newspaper?…

…The Olive grove has been tidied up We are trying to grow Brahea armata – Mexican Blue Palm – in Kennel Close and above the greenhouse. So far they are…

…be Lady Alice! Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ The Fuchsia exorticatica growing beside the front door Lady Alice is flowering more profusely than I have ever seen it. There were flowers…

…Sheep A pen of Batch Blue Texels. Texels And a Jacob sheep. Jacob sheep Calf judging. Calf Miniature goats. goats And miniature donkeys! donkeys Pigs in repose. Pigs Rows of…

…replanted below White Styles. sacrifice camellias sacrifice camellias The 24 Matsumae cherries in a double avenue continue to impress. Matsumae cherries A young Magnolia ‘Goldstar’ below White Styles showing up…

…factory in Lowestoft and to discuss their show garden. Blueberry fruit changing colour already in the Harrod Horticultural vegetable garden. Blueberry fruit Wisteria venusta starting to grow up the new…

…of newspaper articles interesting snippets of newspaper articles 2022 – CHW Some nice things in the garden which survived Storm Eunice and a record of the damage in the garden…

…laundry building laundry building laundry building These blue barrels will be used as supplementary pheasant feeders for all the birds which survived the last, much-shortened, shooting season. blue barrels Prunus…

…for garden visitor numbers. A few bedraggled and wet stalwarts here today. Fame at last! The Newquay Voice newspaper (which I have never heard of) has published pictures of the…

…blue carpet. bluebells The Asiatic magnolia season reached its zenith this week and will now fade out with a few New Zealanders still to go. Despite the early start in…