…is said to be a suckering shrub but the clump of 3 are much as I planted them in 1991 and very little sign of any root suckers. The same…

…here. Hypericum canariense Hypericum canariense Poterium spinosum – Prickly burnet from Crete looks a peculiar and nasty little plant. Seeds forming but missed the flowers. Poterium spinosum Poterium spinosum Acanthus…

…or yellowish-green in panicles at the end of its branches and dark blue nut-like fruits. Research suggests that little is known about this plant in Europe or the USA and…

…of the flowers but nice enough now out properly which it was not for the show. Little scent today because the cold has damaged the nectar at the base of…

…single Camellia sasanqua before in flower growing in full shade above the far end of Rookery Park. Is it a sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ with little pink showing in the flower in…

…new leaves and new growth but little evidence of this this year. Pseudocydonia sinensis Priority job to remove the ivy on the drive from many deciduous azaleas this spring. Quite…

…few seed ripening on the elderly Enkianthus cernuus rubens. Enkianthus cernuus rubens More flowers on another Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. A little paler than the proper ones in spring? Magnolia ‘Black…

…‘Dawn’ Magnolia figo hybrid Magnolia ‘Little Starlet’/ unknown parentage, most likely a hybrid between M laevifolia and M compressa Magnolia sp. Ogisu 700 / Magnolia sinensis Ogisu 700, from Sichuan…

…& Katie turned back on the M5 one weekend as both children were sick in the car and we have not seen them all since. Little Beatrice (aged one year…

…flower. A little later than usual I suspect. Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ 2023 – CHW A long suffering ‘Christmas Rose’ doing its stuff. long suffering ‘Christmas Rose’ More of the wonders…