7th March 1897 – 2020

…armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Asia had been telling me how good Camellia reticulata ‘Valentine Day’ was below Rookery Path. Here is the proof. It is an American…

16th March

…has a very compact habit. Bred at Burncoose by Arnold Dance about 40 years ago. Camellia x williamsii ‘Burncoose Apple Blossom’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Burncoose Apple Blossom’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’…

20th March

…not seen for 40 years. Worcester College reunion Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ below the greenhouse was one Roy Lancaster commented upon. The true ‘Apple Blossom’ is rare in cultivation. Clematis…

4th June

…x ‘County Park Fire’ Podocarpus x ‘County Park Fire’ I have been trying to photograph Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’ in flower for years and suddenly here it is. Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’…

26th May 1897 – 2020

…newer (10 to 15 years) Millais plants. Azalea mollis ‘Drim Oosthoek’ Azalea mollis ‘Drim Oosthoek’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’Rather pale single flowers…

6th May 1897 – 2020

…either! Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ The early spring lambs are coming on well. Early spring lambs Is this a bronze form of Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’? Fagus…

24th July

…an achievement by the grower. Cynara scolymus Cynara scolymus Heliopsis ‘Fireball’. Heliopsis ‘Fireball’ Heliopsis ‘Fireball’ Leontopodium ‘Blossom of Snow’. Leontopodium ‘Blossom of Snow’ Leontopodium ‘Blossom of Snow’ Anemone hupehensis ‘Rose…

10th February

‘Apple Blossom’ or C. x williamsii ‘Burncoose Apple Blossom’ but the latter is a mounded tight bush.] Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ The snowdrops once from the Vean are…

13th March

Next Day > < Previous Day View 13th March 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2026 – CHW Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’. Clematis armandii…

27th March

…Zelkova Zelkova Zelkova Rehderodendron kwangtungense (WWJ 11940) flowering properly for the very first time. Rehderodendron kwangtungense (WWJ 11940) Rehderodendron kwangtungense (WWJ 11940) Rehderodendron kwangtungense (WWJ 11940) Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’…

3rd April

…The Raven Circle The view north through the yew hedge. The view north An elderly Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Moerloosei’ (‘Apple Blossom’) I think. Pink in bud and opening white. Chaenomeles speciosa…

5th April

…glabra but this isn’t it! Amelanchier Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ on the wall making a fine show today. Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Philotheca myoporoides – Gin and Tonic in a…

13th May

…Primula japonica ‘Apple Blossom’. Primula japonica ‘Apple Blossom’ 2021 – CHW Syringa vulgaris ‘Carpe Diem’ just out on the drive. Newly planted this year to add to the lilac collection…

31st July

…which was quite nice was Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ although similar to Escallonia ‘Peach Blossom’ and Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’. Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ 2015 – CHW A bit of…

28th November

…sasanqua clump First flower on Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ rather earlier than usual. Three flowers only and just singletons. Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Escallonia rubra var macrantha strangely full out…

6th February 1897 – 2020

…on Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ about on a par to last year’s sighting. Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Sycopsis tutcheri seems fully evergreen and now with red flowers which are actually…

17th April 1897 – 2020

…the Auklandii Garden is at its best today. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ is now full out below the greenhouses and quite an improvement from a fortnight ago…

8th July

…through an apple tree. Clematis viticella ‘Dark Eyes’ Clematis viticella ‘Dark Eyes’ Victoria plums developing well. Victoria plums Crab apples formed but far from ripe. crab apple A small red…

28th September

…growing in a roadside hedge. Crab apple jelly was to be made before the apples properly dropped. Crab apple Crab apple The Cottage in late September. The Cottage Secondary flowers…

12th April 1897 – 2020

…all and are almost formal, albeit small, double flowers. Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis in a good clump. Some evidence of cold…