…elegans in full flower with plenty of bud on a large multi-stemmed bush in full leaf. There is always confusion with C. elegans and Cestrum fasciculatum / C. fasciculatum ‘Newellii’….

…is different though. Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’ is probably sufficiently different and bicolor to make it a useful addition to the catalogue if we can…

…obtain. Camellia japonica ‘Matterhorn’ Camellia japonica ‘Matterhorn’ Staphylea elegans won its class. Staphylea elegans Staphylea elegans Malus ‘Everest’ was good too. Malus ‘Everest’ Malus ‘Everest’ Rhododendron ‘Cowslip’ – a williamsianum…

…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’) –…

…wind today which has made photography difficult. Staphylea ‘Elegans’ Staphylea ‘Elegans’ Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ as we now think it is. Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ Leaves of Staphylea trifolia….

…Hosta sieboldiana elegans Hosta sieboldiana elegans 2017 – CHW A superbly fine and sunny day for the charity fete. 457 cars in the three car parks by 12.15 and ?150…

…pairs as you would expect and about 2in long. Staphylea x elegans Staphylea x elegans Just a couple of seed pods today on Staphylea trifolia. This species can be identified…

…of planting. Wisteria seeds Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ now well established by the Playhouse. Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Flowers and seed heads on Desmodium elegans. Desmodium elegans Desmodium elegans…

…with its striking mottled blue berries. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ Back here one of our largest Magnolia delavayi has split in half on the Main Ride. Magnolia delavayi…

…multi stemmed ‘feathery’ small tree. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans Aurea’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans Aurea’ Three snakebark maple stems in the late January sun. All planted in 2007. Acer rufinerve? Acer rufinerve?…

…Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Just about missed the first flowers of Desmodium elegans. Planted this spring. Desmodium elegans Pinus wallichiana is now getting established and starting to put on decent…

…of a similar age, with darker but similarly shaped flowers is now out beside it. A second magnolia Camellia japonica ‘Elegans’ just out. This ought to be grown more widely….

…before. Camellia reticulata ‘Ming Temple’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendor’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendor’ Camellia japonica ‘Aanafuki’ Camellia japonica ‘Aanafuki’ Camellia japonica ‘Okan Higo’ – another Higo Camellia japonica ‘Okan Higo’…

…of flowers on two separate plants. I would call this very early for any Mathotiana. Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elegans’ –…

…bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Bergenia ‘Morgenröte’ also out absurdly early. Bergenia ‘Morgenröte’ Desmodium elegans out on time but not that impressive. Desmodium elegans Clematis heracleifolia ‘Cote d’Azur’ flowering better than I have…

…time. Cotoneaster hillieri Cotoneaster hillieri Camellia brevistyla out in flower already in the greenhouse. Camellia brevistyla Desmodium elegans with numerous pea-like seedpods. Desmodium elegans Buddleia caulescens in flower here for…

…an exceptional colour. Easy to propagate from cuttings says Bleddyn so let us get at it. Tibouchina rossa Desmodium elegans in full flower. A delicate blue colour on a tall…

…‘Alba’ Galega x hartlandii ‘Alba’ Cestrum elegans – the true form and not what we have sometimes seen under this name in the nursery. What grows on the top wall…

…and bracken under control. view Then back to more normality in the garden! Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ growing in full shade under a camellia. Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’ Rhododendron sanguineum by Georges…

…on Tresco? I wonder what the record height actually is? Echium pininana Echium pininana Staphylea x elegans is also a late flowerer compared to the rest. A tinge of red…