12th February

…trichomanoides var. alpina I was wrong yesterday. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (pink form) is full out above the greenhouse. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ View 12th February 1897 – 2020…

5th February 1897 – 2020

…February. Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (pink form) Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (pink form) The much photographed Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ on the drive still has some flowers just coming out. How extraordinary is that in…

4th February

…lambertii Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (yellow form) bursting out. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Camellia ‘Hatsu-Zakura’ (‘Dewatairin) – one of the Higo camellias – now properly out. Camellia ‘Hatsu-Zakura’ Camellia ‘Hatsu-Zakura’ Serious and…

19th February

…garlic Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – yellow form on the drive – well established young plants. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – yellow form Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – pink form. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’…

4th February 1897 – 2020

…pink better than the yellow form? Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ Pseudocydonia sinensis with, as usual, early new growth on the lawn edge. Pseudocydonia sinensis Then a big surprise….

8th February 1897 – 2020

…the Auklandii Garden are just as good as the one seen earlier this week on the drive. pink form ‘Bo-Peep’ pink form ‘Bo-Peep’ pink form ‘Bo-Peep’ 2017 – CHW Prunus…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…this year. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (pink form) is full out unlike the original up in the garden. Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (pink form) Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (pink…

26th February

…– pink and yellow forms full out on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ 2024 – CHW One cannot really let the RHS get away with this article…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…in 1937. Normally out first in February; this year’s show has remained for weeks due to the continuing mild and calm weather. RHODODENDRON ‘Bo Peep’ Yellow form RHODODENDRON ‘Bo Peep’…

19th January 1897- 2020

…showed. Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep Yellow’ Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep Yellow’ 2019 – CHW Click here to read my eulogy to my Dad.The wreath of williamsii camellia flowers on Dad’s coffin today at the…

2nd January 1897- 2020

…expected to be out by now. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Two scented rhododendrons in adjoining clumps have each suddenly died. In the last three weeks really. Cannot be…

15th February

…been shattered but still flowers left. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Rhododendron leucaspis now full out and, surprisingly, intact and unfrosted. Rhododendron leucaspis The big leafed rhodos with their…

11th February

…court. A short lived hybrid and on its last legs. Rhododendron ‘Seta’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (pink form) just coming out. A few days ahead of ours here. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’…

7th February

…pink form is always a few days later into bloom. More or less on time for this I think. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Yellow) Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Yellow) We head off…

2nd February

…bursting buds everywhere. Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ First flowers (in heavy rain) on Rhododendron moupinense. Rhododendron moupinense The now dead canes (after flowering) on Chusqua gigantea are on the list…

4th January

…the yellow form of Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Now that it is properly out I can see this is Rhododendron ririei and not a Rh. grande seedling as…

26th January 1897 – 2020

…on Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (yellow form). Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (yellow form) 2017 – CHW The shooting season is over and I emerge from three days in bed suffering from a lurgy and…

30th January

…angustifolia?) Araucaria bidwillii Araucaria bidwillii First flowers out above the greenhouse on Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – Pink Form. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ First colour showing on Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’. Magnolia…

24th January

‘Bo Peep’ (yellow form) at its best. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Rookery Path laurel all pruned and tidied. laurel First flower on Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum A…

20th January

…And Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ – planted 2021. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ First flowers out on the pink form of Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ 2021 – CHW Storm…