…‘Dona Herzilia de Freitas Magalhaes’ perhaps? Not quite sure. Camellia japonica ‘Dona Herzilia de Freitas Magalhaes’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Duchess of Cornwall’ with flowers of variable size. Which Duchess? Certainly…

…size and show Camellia ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ Camellia ‘Duchess Decazes’ Camellia ‘Duchess Decazes’ Camellia Duchess D has ‘sported’ pure pink at the top Camellia Duchess D Camellia ‘Apollo’ – again…

…flower today Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ takes some beating. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ Camellia ‘Duchess Decaze’ also blemished. Camellia ‘Duchess…

…Camellia ‘Duchess Decazes’ in bud and flower with some wind damage. Camellia ‘Duchess Decazes’ Camellia ‘Duchess Decazes’ Rather puny flowers (and late!) on this poor form of Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’….

…out. Camellia japonica ‘Dear Jenny’ Camellia japonica ‘Arch Duchess Augusta’. Camellia japonica ‘Arch Duchess Augusta’ Camellia japonica ‘Arch Duchess Augusta’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendour’ (very different from ‘Elegans Supreme’) –…

…with links to RBG Edinburgh and held in high regard by early Rhododendron Society members (formed 1916). Perhaps the subject for another research paper one day. However I think that…

…‘Mathotiana Rosea’ The third one is a semi double white with crimson flecking which might be the one on the Veitch lists called Camellia ‘Duchess d’Orleans’ (today known as ‘Bella…

…Off’ Camellia ‘Black Lace’ with its first offering. Camellia ‘Black Lace’ Camellia ‘Duchess de Caze’ is also now on parade. I don’t like the colour mix. Camellia ‘Duchess de Caze’…

…name implies. Camellia x williamsii ‘Taylor’s Perfection’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Duchess of Cornwall’ – not very exciting! Camellia x williamsii ‘Duchess of Cornwall’ Camellia japonica ‘Dewatairin’ (a Higo camellia which…

…and Justin Susan and yet another Chelsea pensioner. This one gets a kiss! Susan The press get more excited. press The Duchess of Rutland doing something odd with paeonies in…

…with the survival rate. As usual with Chinese suppliers many turned out initially not to be what they were supposed to be.Paeonia ‘Superb’ Paeonia ‘Superb’ Paeonia ‘Duchess of Kent’ Paeonia…

…Handsome’ Camellia japonica ‘Conspicua’ – not new. Camellia japonica ‘Conspicua’ Camellia japonica ‘Conspicua’ Camellia x williamsii ‘The Duchess of Cornwall’ – a very poor and unrepresentative last flower. Camellia x…

…would be interesting, as a follow up to the podo article. I am sending some putative hybrid salignus material to Edinburgh next week for more DNA analysis. That small plant…

…flowers on Camellia noblissima. Very early year. Mucronulatum full out as is Yellow Hammer. Received Sasanquas from Edinburgh. 1945 – CW Camellias sasanqua and oleifera out, also a couple of…

…particularly interesting that 32 Camellia sasanqua cultivars, many names that were new to me, arrived during 1959/60 from ‘Edinburgh’, presumably the RBGE, and ‘America’. It is such a pity that…

…The Duke of Edinburgh. The five challenger yachts (if you can call them that) were having a practice race as we passed by with thousands of spectators in every conceivable…

…cypress) was impressive. Chamaecyparis formosensis Meliosma alba (formerly Meliosma beaniana) in full flower. I have seen this only twice before at RBG Edinburgh and Caerhays. The flowers on the ageing…

…Grandiflora. A lot of rain for some weeks after a very dry spell. 1917 – JCW Went round the garden with Harrow of Edinburgh, we found some flowers on Adenogynum,…

…If so they have either died, been eaten by deer or I have forgotten where they are in the garden? 2022 – CHW The Queen lies in state in Edinburgh…

…Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, into a huge state of excitement. We have grown this ourselves from seed but never from cuttings as yet. Rhododendron stenaulum Camellia ‘Nightrider’ has its first…