…R. reticulatum) flowering on the drive. Rhododendron kiyosumense Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ nearly full out. First sign of flowers on Azalea ‘Amoena’. Azalea ‘Amoena’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ in Sinogrande Walk. Magnolia ‘Blushing…

…Chelsea now out three months early. Azalea ‘Amoena’ Azalea ‘Amoena’ Rhododendron kiyosumense (a form of Rhododendron reticulatum) has unusually retained much of its leaf but is now coming out. Not…

…buds before opening. Not bad for this dull species. Magnolia amoena Magnolia amoena Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ – more of the same – dull! Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Pink Diamond’ not…

…‘King George’ and Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Azalea amoena and rhododendron ‘High Sheriff’. Azalea amoena and rhododendron ‘High Sheriff’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ by the lodge. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron…

…doltsopa The hugely dull Magnolia amoena has a few flowers out. It is very like Magnolia zenii indeed and just as boring but it has made a very nice tree…

…like Magnolia amoena but rather earlier into flower. Endangered in the wild I believe. Magnolia zenii 2017 – CHW A batch of newly bought in Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ and…

…leucaspis. Rhododendron leucaspis Rhododendron leucaspis A few odd premature or secondary flowers on Azalea amoena which is unusual but just on one of the elderly bushes on the drive. Azalea…

…Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Magnolia amoena still in full leaf. Magnolia amoena Enkianthus serrulatus with striking reddish autumn colour. Enkianthus serrulatus Enkianthus serrulatus…

…pheasant eye daffodils Azalea ‘Hinodegiri’ and Rhododendron bauhiniiflorum on Hovel Cart Road. Azalea ‘Hinodegiri’ First flowers on Azalea ‘Ledifolia Alba’ on the drive. Azalea ‘Ledifolia Alba’ Azalea amoena and Rhododendron…

…White and blue Spanish bluebells. Spanish bluebells Azalea ‘Amoena’ racing out on the drive. Azalea ‘Amoena’ I stop to bemoan the premature end of Prunus ‘Shirotae’ as a result of…

…kiyosumense Rhododendron kiyosumense First flowers on Azalea amoena. Azalea amoena Stachyurus praecox still not quite full out. Stachyurus praecox The juvenile growth on Xanthocyparisus vietnamensis is already being overtaken by…

…fading in colour. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’ First few flowers showing on the old Azalea amoena on the drive. Azalea amoena The first Aesculus hippocastanum into leaf is, as usual,…

…robusta in all its finery, but a cloudy day, at Burncoose. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia amoena at Burncoose. I have never seen it flower better especially on low down…

…‘Bishop Peter’ flowering well. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolias towards the conservatory. Magnolias towards the conservatory 2024 – CHW The rather dull species of magnolia called Magnolia amoena flowering sparsely today…

…A amoena very good. Molli and Ghent Azaleas nice. Loderi going over. Falconeri opening. Augustinii is passing. Daffs have gone. 1909 – JCW Tubergen Iris are very good, most other…

…Hammer, white double Azalea and bits of one yellow below Hovel road. Bits of Davidsonianum and Sutchuenense hybrids. No reds. Bits of Azalea Amoena and several Kurume. 1940 – CW…

…Auklandii almost over. Azaleas very good. Rain in time but not for Amoena, all small due to May drought and cold. 1897 – JCW Sowed the first lot of daff…

…the twigs to complete. Fallen Turkey oak It narrowly missed a large Magnolia sieboldii on the other side of the drive but skimmed an Azalea ‘Amoena’. Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia ‘Charles…

…big beds. Standish hybrids are good and so Sappho x auklandii, Roylei just opening, but a very few Azaleas open. Azalea amoena is good. Azalea mollis comes on. Augustinii over,…

…stand.Looking today there is plenty of deciduous azalea just showing colour but all the evergreens are over; some long over: AZALEA ‘Fedora’ – well over AZALEA amoena over by two…