2nd November

…yellow. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Victoria’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Red Bells’ has little colour left. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Red Bells’ But Enkianthus campanulatus var hirtinervus is still fully green with unripe seed pods. Just…

25th October

…a shy flower and borderline too tender to grow outside. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Seed cones on Platycarya strobilacea remain green still at this stage. Platycarya strobilacea 2021 – CHW Secondary…

1st November

…very late in the year. H. populnea was out ages ago. This is a borderline hardy plant with lots of green reversions but, when cut today in a vase, looks…

30th October

…It is an evergreen tree from Sichuan and Yunnan with similarities to the genus Persea. Its flowers are pale green or yellowish-green in panicles at the end of its branches…

11th July

…‘Orkney Cherry’ Iris hookeri with very pronounced and rounded seed heads. Iris hookeri Alstroemeria psittacina with flowers that are an odd mix of red and green. A tall growing species…

27th October

…at Canterbury Cathedral Queen’s Green Canopy Planting Ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral 20 October 2022 2021 – CHW Viburnum rhytidophyllum flowering out of season or secondary flowers? It should be out…

8th November

…sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ The first small flower on our new Hedychium greenii. It will get better I suspect! Hedychium greenii 2019 – CHW The Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ which looked so fine…

7th November

…– CHW Seed collecting and evergreen cuttings week. Bliss! Over 50 unusual plants in the propagation system.A good crop of greenish seed on Crabiodendron yunnanense but we go for cuttings…

4th January

…Hydrangea quercifolia clump still with a full set of green leaves in January. It is not an evergreen and yet here, in a windy site, there is still little sign…

6th April

…of yellow berries. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Back to magnolias. Magnolia ‘Kousious’ is now full out. Green and yellow markings on the outside of the tepals when fully out. Magnolia ‘Kousious’…