9th September

…me showing you the article in full here but I can repeat the last paragraph of what the Head of Horticultural Taxonomy at Wisley wrote:Hybrid rehab Can we, now that…

9th May

…of the RHS Wisley to assume the private garden owner is too ‘thick’ to know what is actually planted in his own garden and hope to rely on other staff…

24th October

…‘Snow Flurry’ Two of the four Nyssa’s on Burns Bank starting to turn lower down. One is ‘Wisley Bonfire’ but not on the planting plans. Nyssa’s Nyssa’s Neither is this…

19th April

…about the normal time. The show date needs to move a bit later but this was impossible this year with the forthcoming Wisley show in May. Camellia reticulata ‘Royalty’ Rhododendron…

13th February

…birth in April remains a worry to us all.Saw some golden plover today near Nancor Farm above Grampound struggling in the wind and probably also struggling to feed anywhere. The…

19th July

…‘Strawberry Blue’ Muehlenbeckia axillaris ‘Golden Girl’ a yellow variant of a plant we know well. Muehlenbeckia axillaris ‘Golden Girl’ 2023 – CHW Decent garden centres have well signed display beds…

9th November

…parvifolium After all the rain suddenly Golden Scalycap – Pholiota aurivella all over a beech stump that was felled 4 years ago. Pholiota aurivella 2022 – CHW Tin Garden cut…

22nd November

…the sun today in their fallen trunk. wild black bees I have missed most of the Nyssa colours this year. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ is leafless but this one still…

6th April

…asiatica Amelanchier laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ – pink in bud Amelanchier laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ Amelanchier laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Frosted Magnolia ‘Golden Cup’….

4th November

…terribly well. The redder one is ‘Wisley Bonfire’. Nyssa trees Nice ripening seedpods on one of the old original (white) Rhododendron arboreums. Rhododendron arboreums Rhododendron arboreums Jaimie has uplifted the…