Not for shallow chalky soils this plant, though given deep soil over chalk their ok and when not used as an ornamental, will provide good and regular crops of nuts, eventually when the time comes a very worthwhile timber also... [more]

This is a lovely Dutch introduction from a few years back and gaining in popularity all the time, it is Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ and the huge heads of bright green flowers are held for many weeks on stiff, erect (oo... [more]

Here’s another image that reflects the earliness of autumn this year….actually I think we simply skipped summer. This is Rosa glauca which when I was a young fresh faced under-gardener in West Sussex was known to me as Rosa rubrifolia... [more]

It is perhaps time to gradually introduce our customers at Eggleston Hall Gardens to the new kid on the block….well perhaps not that new as Roy’s been helping us out in his spare time over past years, and he certainly... [more]

Looking through the list of images I’ve photographed this past week I was suddenly drawn into a depressingly reflective mood by the photograph I’ve chosen for today, so much so that itunes has been fired up (that’s a music library... [more]