…at Ventnor! Nerium oleander An excellent bit of new planting after ditching the old but why no labels? excellent bit of new planting Cistus x crispatus ‘Warley Rose’. Cistus x…

…way to Rookery Gate. laurel cutting Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ is still not fully out unlike all the other bholuas which are at their absolute scented best. Daphne bholua ‘Mary…

…Not too much to worry about but petals all over the path. Magnolia mollicomata A newly arrived Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ with its first smallish flowers. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia sprengeri…

…Rose’ had some serious regrowth from below the graft which I also cut out today and you can see piled beside the young tree. Betula albosinensis ‘China Rose’ Cedrus brevifolia…

…for the RCM Group yearbook article. It was in the Isla Rose Plantation all along. Final flowers on Escallonia resinosa. Styrax americanus 2023 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s article in the…

…most of the conkers are on younger regrowth. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii 2018 – CHW Rather more rose hips on Roy Lancaster’s wild collected Rosa filipes than last year. They…

…Echiums Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ now about full out. No frost damage. Surely very late for any Lapageria? I wonder why? Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Frost damage on the Arum lilies. Arum…

…Euphorbia characias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ and Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ Aster ‘Rose Crystal’ looking good. Aster ‘Rose Crystal’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ in flower with Rhaphiolepis umbellata below it right beside the nursery entrance…

…the Isla Rose Plantation despite the lack of rain. Malus hupehensis Callicarpa psilocalyx – in the Isla Rose Plantation. A new species to us not seen before. Callicarpa psilocalyx 2017…

…but one main root. The stump is rotten but the tree looked well and full of fruits. Another plant survives next door. Cornus capitata Vivid colours on Azalea ‘Rose de…