8th March

…by the Registrar. We will have to wait and see. Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid

10th April

…worthy of naming. hybrid between Rhododendron ‘Titness Park’ (a calophytum cross or form I was given by Windsor) and Rhododendron ‘Rebecca’ hybrid between Rhododendron ‘Titness Park’ (a calophytum cross or…

27th April

…M. ‘Tikitere’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata single bloom 1st – M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ 1st – M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata 1 spray 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ 1st…

21st July

…– CHW The hydrangeas and Harrow Hybrid rhodos look spectacular on the drive. hydrangeas and Harrow Hybrid rhodos hydrangeas and Harrow Hybrid rhodos hydrangeas and Harrow Hybrid rhodos 2018 –…

10th March 1897 – 2020

…Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii) – Gresham hybrid Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ I missed Magnolia ‘Sulphur Cockatoo’ (Gresham hybrid), Magnolia ‘Pickards Firefly’ and Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ which were…

5th March 1897 – 2020

…survived from what was originally a clump. red hybrid red hybrid Another pink hybrid amid a clump of FJW seedlings. pink hybrid pink hybrid Amid the rain the magnolias stand…

9th May

…not the pink one next to it. yellowish royalii hybrid yellowish royalii hybrid This is another Rhododendron ‘Loderi King George’. I was looking for ‘loderi’ ‘Pink Diamond’ but this is…

16th March

…on the drive. Is it sufficiently different to merit registration? Borderline. Philip Tregunna’s as yet unnamed hybrid Philip Tregunna’s as yet unnamed hybrid Philip Tregunna’s as yet unnamed hybrid Magnolia…

11th April

…Pickards hybrid Another Pickards hybrid I suppose all the early pinks were frosted out but what we have left here is all near white with faint pink markings. All much…

20th April

…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…

18th March

…species of triflora one spray R. siderophyllum Any hybrid one truss R. Unknown – 2nd Any tender species or hybrid one spray R. ‘Maisie’ – 1st Early Magnolia competition Three…

1st April

…must look up the parentage or ask Jaimie. A Rhododendron griersonianum hybrid by the look of the leaf indumentum. Dad’s last (dark red) rhododendron hybrid First flower on Rhododendron loderi…

12th April

…reticulata ‘Debut’ Camellia reticulata ‘Debut’ Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ – a darkish red single but late flowering. Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ Camellia reticulata…

26th April

…veitchiorum This looks like a royalii hybrid but I do not have a name. royalii hybrid royalii hybrid royalii hybrid Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ nicely out. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ Enkianthus campanulatus…

14th May

…time. unnamed rhododendron hybrid unnamed rhododendron hybrid unnamed rhododendron hybrid unnamed rhododendron hybrid To my surprise I find a clump of three plants on Bond Street which are the true…

28th May

…1930 as the garden in Old Park developed. ponticum hybrid ponticum hybrid ponticum hybrid ponticum hybrid A nice young group of Rhododendron ‘Treberrick’ which was bred here and named after…

2nd March

…bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna First ever flowers on a magnolia labelled ‘Mazara’. This may be…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…the path towards Rookery Gate. [Edit: please see Anthony Synott’s comment below – it is irrorata anthosphaerum!] rhododendron hybrid rhododendron hybrid rhododendron hybrid A good plant of Rhododendron rireii in…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…A good red hybrid. Rather better than ‘Cornish Red’ and very near the original clump of Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. red hybrid red hybrid A newly planted (today) Podocarpus spinulosus which…

21st February

…colour I am now fairly certain that this is. The cross is Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ x Magnolia campbellii – crossed in 2005 and planted 2011. new hybrid new hybrid