9th April

…Punch Bowl which we have lost. Azalea ‘Oino-Mezame’ Azalea ‘Oino-Mezame’ A picture of the Punch Bowl just coming out. the Punch Bowl just coming out Azalea ‘Katsura-no-hana’ – Kirume. Azalea…

30th January

…started in the usual rain but improved. Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ out in the sun in the nursery. Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ The…

10th April

…pot but is usually a scruffy plant when mature. Short lived too. Azaleodendron ‘Hardijzer Beauty’ Azaleodendron ‘Hardijzer Beauty’ A young Osmanthus yunnanensis with its first flowers. Some leaves have spines…

24th April

…Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’. Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Paul Hauber’. Malus ‘Paul Hauber’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ 2022 – CHW…

9th February

…Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus ‘Pink Beauty’ – flowers have pink coverings or bracts but open a creamy white. Helleborus ‘Pink Beauty’…

5th August

…Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’. Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’. Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’ Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’ Borinda papyrifera. Borinda…

1st May

…side of the path by George’s Hut and scenting it well. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Touch of Pink’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ behind George’s Hut. Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of…

4th May

…damage. It has been killed to ground level at least once. Quercus fleuryi Quercus fleuryi Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ at its best and now layered for posterity. Rhododendron ‘Beauty of…

12th April

…have become casualties along the way. Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ is quite well known. Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ Camellia reticulata ‘Simpatica’ is not. Camellia reticulata ‘Simpatica’ Camellia reticulata ‘Simpatica’ Camellia…

21st February

Bowl in the Valley Gardens of Windsor and carried back to the YMCA hostel in my lunch box. About 47 years old. Styrax japonicus tree which blew over Prunus ‘Felix…