…tiny flowers at first which are quite variable and then get much larger. A very contorted and spreading plant which is 40 years old. Magnolia ‘Ann’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ Magnolia ‘Ann’…

…Magnolia ‘Jane’ Magnolia ‘Jane’ Magnolia ‘Jane’ Magnolia ‘Ricki’ Magnolia ‘Ricki’ Magnolia ‘Ricki’ Magnolia ‘Betty’ Magnolia ‘Betty’ Magnolia ‘Betty’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ Magnolia ‘Judy’ Magnolia ‘Judy’ The best…

…Rhododendron ‘Harry Tagg’ And Rhododendron ‘Ann Teese’. Rhododendron ‘Ann Teese’ Rhododendron ‘Ann Teese’ 2021 – CHW An attempt today to photograph the flowers on various Rhododendron sinogrange, some pure and…

…insignis var. insigne Berberis insignis var. insigne Camellia japonica ‘Golden Anniversary’ – spot the hint of gold? Neither do I! Camellia japonica ‘Golden Anniversary’ 2021 – CHW Rhododendrons at their…

…Haddington’ Rhododendron ‘Ann Teese’ from Glendoick is perhaps the best thing in the garden (rhodo wise) today. Rhododendron ‘Ann Teese’ Rhododendron ‘Ann Teese’ First house martins seen above the lawn…

…damage. Here on the low growing Magnolia ‘Ann’. Magnolia ‘Ann’ Rhododendron keysii still full of flowers. Rhododendron keysii Betula utilis var. jacquemontii in the sun. Betula utilis var. jacquemontii 2019…

…a single stem but Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ escapes – just – by inches! Cutting back a Magnolia ‘Ann’ which was encroaching on the Main Ride. It will reshoot but needed…

…the leaves properly. This is the trunk. Nothofagus dombeyi The new laundry is now being filled with holiday let furniture and linen. Justine and Ann are moving stuff into the…

…scented Rhododendron ‘Ann Teese’ which we saw for the first time last year is again rather special. Staggeringly good. Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum is finally full out. The leaf undersides are more…

…drive. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata In Roy & Ann Key’s garden at the Pound grows a tall biennial echium with reddish flowers. Is this a species or a hybrid? Very…