26th April

…‘Limelight’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ is exquisite as it comes into leaf. What a delicate leaf formation. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ is a good pink colour this…

28th April

…Azalea amoena and rhododendron ‘High Sheriff’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ by the lodge. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ 2022 – CHW A pair of swallows rebuilding their…

24th April

…‘Daphne’. M. ‘Lois’ has been out for two weeks or so. Daphne will not be ready for the Rosemoor RHS rhododendron show this weekend. Magnolia ‘Daphne’ Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’…

18th May

…cernuus recurvus with its flowers as the name implies. Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Rhododendron ‘Goldsworth’s Yellow’ (or similar). Rhododendron ‘Goldsworth’s Yellow’ Rhododendron griffithianum full out – note the smooth bark. Rhododendron…

3rd December

…The one in more sun and exposure is more or less over. Camellia taliensis Camellia taliensis 2021 – CHW Pruning up the champion (height) Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ to prevent it…

29th May

…in the Morgan Stanley show garden at Chelsea which deservedly won a gold. Here is our plant with even larger flowers above the greenhouse. Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ Aesculus x…

2nd October

…2022 gift of an unnamed Prunus species from Burma (JP184) has interesting secondary new growth. Prunus species from Burma (JP184) Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’ is growing away well. Cercis…

3rd October

…a hardy, semi-evergreen shrub which spreads by suckering (ex-Mark Bulk). Morella pensylvanica Morella pensylvanica Six Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ planted below Rookery Nursery. Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ Ross has also…

4th October

…‘Snow Maiden’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Harlequin’. Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Harlequin’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n’ Gold’. Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus…

20th March

…leafless – the first Enkianthus species in flower as usual. Enkianthus serrulatus The first yellow magnolia to show – Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ in Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Gold