16th April

…not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron russatum in the Rockery….

2nd December

…smell. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Down the bank the tender Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ remains in full radiant flower. It has survived here for several…

4th May

…variety is not a wall shrub. Chaenomales ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomales ‘Geisha Girl’ The rhododendron planting outside the front gate is now complete. Six large leafed sutchuanense hybrids, two ‘Moonstone’, three…

19th October

Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Symphoricarpos albus has clusters of white ‘snowberries’ on the lawn although in full shade here. My mother made us dig these up as children but…

8th February

Girl’ Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ 2022 – CHW Frankie’s digger parked up in Old Park from afar. Frankie’s digger Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ is shedding in…

16th February

…several years now. Phytophthora Phytophthora First flowers out on Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’. Those low down have been badly pecked by pheasants. Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’ Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’…

30th January

…‘Narumigata’ x C. reticulata ‘Damanao’). Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Christmas Beauty’ with its first late January flower! A nice enough red and new to us….

24th March

…incisa ‘The Bride’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Back at Caerhays a few more magnolias on the drive. This Magnolia ‘Shirraz’…

12th April

girls’ names. Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ A carpet of fallen flowers under Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ is another of the ‘girls’. Very odd and…

3rd January

…down at the base of the tree. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana A few small ripe quinces on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. We saw more of these earlier in the autumn…