17th March

…the drive. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ 2016 – CHW New planting completed in the large cleared area above the greenhouses. This planting is concentrated on expanding our collection of styrax…

26th December

…days away. Wild daffodils A young Azalea ‘Kirin’ with its hose-in-hose flowers full out on a young plant. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ A paler form of Rhododendron mucronulatum full out…

29th December

…nibbled) plants. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ A decent young Abies grandis getting away below the larger fernery. Offsets its dark green colours nicely with the nearby Aucuba japonica ‘Crotonifolia’. Abies…

18th February

…‘Variegata’ Clematis armandii nearly in flower – again a bit later than normal. Clematis armandii Azalea ‘Salmon Kirin’ out at the garden entrance. ‘Kirin’ was out here just after Christmas….

2nd January

…two others here. Frost has not damaged the new growth. Pseudocydonia sinensis Azalea ‘Kirin’ badly frosted. These are, I think, secondary flowers in the same way as you see early…

28th December

…been looking for this location as it got missed form the cuttings list in the autumn. Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ sightly frosted but well out above Crinodendron Hedge….

5th November

…as usual, on Azalea ‘Kirin’. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Ripe black myrtle berries cover the path. No wonder self-seeding everywhere is so rampant. myrtle berries Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ now a true yellow…

1st November

…sure I have even seen these peculiar flowers before? Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Azalea ‘Kirin’ with early flower. Azalea ‘Kirin’ ‘Golden Scalycap’ (Pholiota aurivella) I think? On beech…

20th November

…williamsii ‘November Pink’ full out by the mist houses. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ with a few unusually premature flowers. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rhapsody in Pink’ living…

20th February

…oak on Lower Rookery path yesterday. turkey oak Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (pink) has stood up well to the Beast. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Camellia ‘Guilio Nuccio’ Camellia ‘Guilio Nuccio’ Azalea ‘Kirin’…