…They had a power cut so entrance half price at £4.00, the tearooms shut and the fountain display (bigger than the butterfly bit) rather dull.The butterfly bit was ‘hot’ so…

…‘Madame Butterfly’ at its best on Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Styrax wuyuanensis at its absolute best but a bit…

…Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ – not a million miles away from ‘Captain Rawes’. Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ Camellia…

…name but I think it is Azalea ‘Bell Merville’. deciduous azaleas deciduous azaleas Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ with white spidery bracts and looking very fine today. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’…

…Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ A pure white evergreen azalea flowering today by Georges Hut. The leaves do not look like it has Azalea indica parentage. evergreen…

…have bothered to visit the sauna that was Butterfly World with its associated garden centre. A quick glance at the size of the brambles in the hedges around the car…

…a small tree and full out. Staphylea trifoliata Staphylea trifoliata Staphylea trifoliata Azalea ‘Greenway’ fronting a Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ which is just starting to show. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Another first…

…Chaenomeles in cultivation apparently. C. speciosa ‘Mango Storm’ – has second flowering and rounded yellow fruits C. speciosa ‘Madame Butterfly’ – pink/bicolour C. speciosa ‘Salmon Horizon’ C. speciosa ‘Orange Storm’…

…field. It produces a second set of leaf later which accounts for its stunted habit. I wonder which moth (or butterfly) does the damage? Years ago we had a birch…

…there are several examples in the garden. This one is early. On the bank I spot the first small blue butterfly of the year but the dog flushes it before…