…Maddenia wilsonii Attractive and dainty new growth on a young Meliosma pungens. Meliosma pungens We missed this acer on last weekend’s Maple Society tour – Acer cappadocicum ‘Aureum’. Acer cappadocicum…

…tree and very ‘dainty’ flowers. Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ Magnolia ‘Susannah van Veen’ is the New Zealanders answer to ‘Caerhays Belle’ and said to be…

…Rhododendron irmelies Rhododendron irmelies Pittosporum parvilimbum with dainty yellow flowers. Hardly looks like a pittosporum. From Roundabarrow Nurseries this year. Pittosporum parvilimbum Pittosporum parvilimbum Ribes longiracemosa in flower. A new…

…leaf/growth a week on from the icy winds. Syringa reticulata Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ out again too. Just the first few flowers lost. Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ The dainty…

…like a holly or an Osmanthus than a Griselinia. Very rare. Griselinia jodonifolia Griselinia jodonifolia Griselinia jodonifolia Luzurgia polyphylla is also from Chile. A dainty climbing plant with round bright…

…fine a fortnight ago. Dainty pink and highly scented flowers turning white. The flowers stand proud from the foliage on long stalks. Certainly a rose that is sufficiently different to…

…ago. Spot on today!Newly planted Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala (CWJ 1244) flowering for the first time above the sales point. Very dainty! Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala…

…Philotheca myoporoides Rhododendron hypoleucum – a seedling from OP12168 with dainty flowers. Formerly Ledum hypoleucum from Russia and Japan so very much a rockery plant. Rhododendron hypoleucum Seedlings of Nageia…

…open above the main quarry. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Eucryphia milliganii full out with its dainty small white cup flowers. It looks dwarfish but achieved 20 feet at…

…and rather dainty Vaccinum with flowers about to open as well from its trailing new upper shoots. I suspect quite a few of the ‘fireballs’ have already dropped. Is this…