…This is what happens when you plant a Fraxinus excelsior ‘Jaspidea’ too close to a bonfire. I fear the tree may succumb to ash dieback disease soon anyway. Fraxinus excelsior…

…Janeck’? Rhododendron ‘Ken Janeck’? Rhododendron ‘Pink Cherub’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Cherub’ Rhododendron ‘Hoppy’? Rhododendron ‘Hoppy’? Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron ‘Dopey’ Rhododendron ‘Dopey’ Rhododendron ‘Doc’? Rhododendron ‘Doc’? Rhododendron ‘Excelsior’? Rhododendron ‘Excelsior’?…

…interpret. Rhododendron hybrids Rhododendron hybrids Rhododendron hybrids Rhododendron hybrids Rhododendron hybrids Rhododendron hybrids I had forgotten that there is a decent paulownia in the corner of Penvergate. Paulownia Still a…

…hybrids Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids Suddenly a carpet of primroses coming out everywhere where the grass was so carefully…

…excepting a few last poets. The white Auklandii hybrids are at their best, the Orbiculare hybrids are very good. No frost as yet to do real harm. Prunus caloneura is…

…very fine indeed. 1929 – JCW The Zealanicum hybrids are opening slowly, the other hybrids on the wane. Mag stellata and nearly all the hybrids are good, most of the…

…and missed them the last two years also. Quite a miss! rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids 2016 – CHW Finally a night of some not very severe…

…show. Magnolia soulangeana Some of Dad’s hybrids are also performing well. Dad’s hybrids Dad’s hybrids Dad’s hybrids 2020 – CHW It is normally a job which I undertake reluctantly on…

…other unnamed ones (red) further along opposite the big tree fern. FJW’s azalea hybrids FJW’s azalea hybrids FJW’s azalea hybrids Staphylea ‘Elegans’ coming nicely into flower in the strong east…

…nights ago. Zealanicum hybrids, haematodes, chasmanthum, and chartophyllums are all very good. M parviflora shows but several. The Wilsonii are in flower, some very nice Azaleas about. Kingsbridge hybrids good….

…father’s hybrids Another group of my father’s hybrids The group of five are all different and one has a hint of pink. They may be a Rhododendron calophytum cross. one…

…clump of Ron Scamp’s Narcissus cyclamineus hybrids opposite the front door. These may be the best of the three batches to propagate from. Narcissus cyclamineus hybrids 2016 – CHW Strong…

…of Major Howell’s rhododendrons hybrids above Rookery path. rhododendrons hybrids 2022 – CHW Thunderstorms and welcome rain last night with SW wind. Quite a bit of minor debris on the…

…do to work through Polyspora. Polyspora axillaris Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ from below on Hovel Cart Road. Easily the best show in the garden today. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’…

…Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’ is just out. A startling blue indeed and a plant everyone should grow (on acid soil) if they only…

…pleasant pink hue. Jaimie’s hybrids Jaimie’s hybrids Jaimie’s hybrids Rhododendron polyandrum beside it. Rhododendron polyandrum Rhododendron polyandrum Rhododendron davidsonianum above the Main Quarry is the best show in the garden…

…williamsianum x decorum hybrids. Rhododendron williamsianum x decorum hybrids Prunus matsumae ‘Hokusai’ with huge flowers. Prunus matsumae ‘Hokusai’ Prunus matsumae ‘Hokusai’ Prunus ‘Hally Jolievette’ with rather smaller ones. Prunus ‘Hally…

…walk brings me into the Auklandii Garden where a clump of unnamed rhododendron hybrids, originally layers from our former seedling hybrids in the Rookery, are full out. The new layers…

…JCW Argenteums opening just about 1923. 1923 – JCW Argenteums open in several places only a few Camellias. Rho praecox and Erica hybrids are the best things. Sutchuenense are good…

…on any Magnolias, Camellia hybrids not nearly at their best and only Mary reticulata out. Blood reds and Rireii beginning to be good, also Sutchuenense hybrids. Not 100 flowers out…