17th November

‘Early Pearly‘Early Pearly‘Early Pearly‘Early Pearly’ ‘Baronesa de Soujelinho’ ‘Baronesa de Soujelinho’ ‘Baronesa de Soujelinho’ ‘Snowflake’ ‘Snowflake’ ‘Snowflake’ ‘Plantation Pink’ – a variety Burncoose used to stock ‘Plantation…

16th October

…exhibited by Tregothnan at a Garden Society dinner. Excellent! Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ Leucadendron ‘Jester’ bought in for a new South African garden in Guernsey. Leucadendron…

25th September

…this year. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Another Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ full of secondary flowers with the usual autumnal slug damage. Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ A wet day so…

18th September

…Stewartia rostrata Camellia oleifera with buds nearly showing colour. With one downpour I think it would be out in September and around a month early after the drought. Camellia oleifera…

8th November

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Sue’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Sue’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’ Camellia sasanqua…

28th September

…green to orange. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus reducta (top grafted) has a paltry four fruits. Sorbus reducta Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ has sparse fruiting but some are changing…

5th January 1897- 2020

…Magnolia nitida) at least twice. Here it struggled before wind or a strimmer got the last twig. Now deceased! Parkameria lotungensis 2017 – CHW Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ still has many…

17th August

…swollen seed heads on Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata A few secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Winsome’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ already starting to show up well. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Flowers…

16th November

…‘George Blandford’. Variable in shape and form as ever. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Trevor Green’s gift of Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ looking good but not…

12th August

…Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ – likewise. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Sorbus ‘Pearly Queen’ with berries forming. Sorbus ‘Pearly Queen’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’…