12th April

…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 damage to…

7th March

…today. Clematis 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…

25th October

…Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ has been out for three weeks. This is a superb secondary autumn flowerer. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ A Rhododendron cumberlandense which I thought was dead…

6th September

…Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ flowering again as usual. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ also with fresh flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ with new and old…

27th September

…crab apple tree with plenty of low hanging fruit in a hedge and are enjoying the rather bitter taste. crab apple tree crab apple tree A group of Betula utilis…

8th July

…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 fruited…

3rd March

…ruber ‘Coccineus’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’ Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’ Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’ Raphiolepsis indica ‘Springtime’ Raphiolepsis indica ‘Springtime’…

28th September

…be made before the apples properly dropped. Crab apple Crab apple The Cottage in late September. The Cottage Secondary flowers (very poor ones) on Rhododendron ponticum. Nearby we saw Rhododendron…

10th March

…Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Crystal’ (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Picture’ x unknown) Magnolia ‘Pickards Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’ (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x…

28th January

…‘Cinnamomum Candy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamomum Candy’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ now covered in flower. A sport of ‘Donation’ from Trewithen. Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ has not moved…