28th February

…a last year planted Magnolia ‘Snowblood’. Magnolia ‘Snowblood’ Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ with a flower or two out. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot…

18th September

…In the till area some startling Amaryllis belladonna or so they are labelled? Could they in fact be Nerine? Amaryllis belladonna Different coloured berries on Pyracantha starting to colour up….

29th December

…has better colours that ‘Gum Ball’. This evidence would suggest the reverse. Interestingly ‘Red Star’ lost its leaves weeks ago but is perhaps more exposed to wind. More of a…

31st January

…to show that these are Meadow Puffballs (Lycoperdon pratense) and not Common Puffballs. Both start white and then go brown but the Meadow Puffballs seem too go darker and develop…

2nd April

…Camellia x williamsii ‘E G Waterhouse’ The cup winning display from Bonallack of Magnolia ‘JC Williams’, ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Yellow Lantern’. Magnolia ‘JC Williams’ Werrington’s Abiss cup award winning entry…

27th May

…Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ has started to flower again after only 3 years. No sign of the Cytisus flowers as yet. Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ 2023 – CHW Styrax japonica ‘Jippei-Kawamure’ already full out….

16th October

…Caress’ Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ with nice yellow colouring starting to show. Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Celastrus orbiculatus with a good show in the sales point….

22nd June

…greenhouse c. 2000 I have no idea or even whether it was our seed/ label/ growing muddle to start with. Anyway Alan is absolutely right and identifies them both as…

12th October

…than those shown below. S. latifolius leaves, when placed in water “after a short time, will start to start and jump as though they were alive, while at the instant…

11th December

…best bark birches at Werrington. Quick growing and they should not mind the cold. birches birches Starting to fill up! Starting to fill up! Starting to fill up! The currants…