by Clare Foster, Chair of the Board of Trustees, WHFAF On Wednesday July 10th we will hold an afternoon Garden Masterclass tour of White House Farm with Maurice Foster, Caroline Jackson, Jack Aldridge and Annie Guilefoyle, exploring White House Farm’s collection of Japanese serrata cultivars and Maurice’s own serrata hybrids. A few places are stillContinue reading “Summer colour at White House Farm: the Hydrangea reappraised”
Category Archives: Trees and shrubs
Cherry-picking for bark
WHF Trustee Chris Lane, who holds the national collection of prunus at his Witch Hazel nursery suggests some Prunus worth growing for their beautiful trunks alone, with flowers the icing on the cake (or cherry on top….) Reproduced with the kind permission of the RHS Plant Review (March 2024). Upcoming events at White House FarmContinue reading “Cherry-picking for bark”
Jack Aldridge, for whom Cornus is not the only genus
by Clare L. E. Foster, WHF Trustee Jack Aldridge, WHF Trustee and Horticulturalist at RHS Wisley, gave a Thursday Garden Chat for Garden Masterclass about his work on Oakwood at Wisley; other recent talks range from ‘Woody Plants that Should be Better Known and Grown’ for Plant Heritage, and an overview of Camellia sasanqua forContinue reading “Jack Aldridge, for whom Cornus is not the only genus”
Elegant and resilient: some new garden-worthy Camellia species
…a continuously expanding new range of plants which are beginning to prove their value in gardens, and for hybridising, too.
The mystery of Prunus ‘Tsubame’
By WHFAF Trustee Christopher Sanders VMH. This article was originally published in December 2023 by the RHS Plant Review. Reproduced by kind permission of the RHS.
‘Dogwood with a bark’: Cornus wilsoniana
By WHFAF Trustee and RHS Wisley horticulturalist Jack Aldridge This article was originally published in June 2023 by the RHS Plant Review. Reproduced by kind permission of the RHS.
White House Farm Garden and Arboretum 