6th July

dark flowers. Crocosmia called ‘Hellfire’ Crocosmia called ‘Hellfire’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ lives up to its name and is new to Eddington as it is to us. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little…

7th February

…Magnolia ‘Ians Red’, one of Ian Baldick’s New Zealand hybrids, has a few flowers blown open at least two and a half months early. A dark colour though. Magnolia ‘Ians…

25th August

…seed heads and already dark red leaves. Euonymus oxyphyllus (BSWJ 10815) Viburnum hoanglienense covered in reddening seed heads. Viburnum hoanglienense First flowers showing colour on Schima superba. Cornus Schima superba…

11th February

…a useful record. Magnoliastore Coates Darkest Purple x Betty Jessel First Love cylindrica Hohman J.C. Williams x Apollo John Bond Katja Landner Lilac Chalice virginiana Ludoviciana Melon Sky Peter Dummer…

12th January

…var. balerica Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica 2018 – CHW More evergreen azaleas out on the Main Ride. A clump of my father’s hybrids which are unnamed and quite dark in…

20th July

…an entirely new species to us. Looks tender but very gentle colours. Dichroa guizhou Dichroa guizhou Calocedrus formosanus – the undersides of the leaves are silvery-white and the topsides dark

16th February

…well rooted and self-made layers. Quite odd but entirely natural and untouched by man situation.Ilex platyphylla loves to bush out form the base. Where it is too dark for it…

8th January

…intermedia ‘Harry’ very fine by the tills. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ a very good dark red. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ Hamamelis x…

17th June

…dogs lie in the sun on the guard barking occasionally as stall holders turn up to collect things from the fete. The ancient dark red Azalea indica by the front…

25th July

…flowers and fruits are rare in the UK and I have never seen any on this tree. Sorbus tianschanica Sorbus tianschanica In Tin Garden Verbascum nigrum or Dark Mullein has…