10th April

…on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron burmanicum equally good beside it. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum First flower out ridiculously early…

6th May

…growth visible today only where there are no flower buds. Rhododendron megacalyx Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ beside the greenhouse. Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ is just coming out rather…

24th April

…taken in four to six weeks when still soft (fragrantissimum, formosum, Princess Alice, Lady Alice Fitzwilliam, Berts Own, HarryTagg, Anne Teese, ciliicalyx, Countess of Haddington, Michaels Pride etc). Outside the…

18th May

…be Lady Alice! Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ The Fuchsia exorticatica growing beside the front door Lady Alice is flowering more profusely than I have ever seen it. There were flowers…

3rd May

…if Asia could grow this from cuttings? [See Georg Ruf’s comment at bottom of page] Taiwania cryptomeroides Taiwania cryptomeroides Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ with a bit more yellow (rather than…

29th January 1897 – 2020

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ This Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ is on the way out from honey fungus by the cash point despite…

19th April

…Azara dentata Rhododendron ‘Princess Alice’ at its best. Pinkish in bud. Rhododendron ‘Princess Alice’ Rhododendron ‘Princess Alice’ Rhododendron valentianum is an elderly low mound. Rhododendron valentianum Rhododendron valentianum 2019 –…

25th June

…and neither had I even before lunch. unknown rose unknown rose unknown rose 2016 – CHW A visit from Lizzie’s mother (Alice), her long-time nurse (Olivia) and gardener (Hugh). Alice

8th May

…grandiflorum Leptospermum grandiflorum Melaleuca squarrosa Melaleuca squarrosa Still a flower or two on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ nearly four months since it first performed. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ The large Fagus sylvatica…

13th July

…rubra Another Penstemon which Karol may be able to identify from our website? – ‘Alice Handley’ Penstemon ‘Alice Hindley’ A very pretty geum with yellowish new flowers turning orange with…

1st May

…We have another old plant of this species to layer this year below Donkey Shoe. Rhododendron floccigerum Rhododendron ‘Princess Alice’ at its best above the greenhouse. Rhododendron ‘Princess Alice’ Need…

12th April

‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Nuccios Ruby’ – just one flower. Camellia reticulata ‘Nuccios Ruby’ Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’…

12th August

…Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ – likewise. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Sorbus ‘Pearly Queen’ with berries forming. Sorbus ‘Pearly Queen’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’…

26th April

…x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ which is now called ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ or so I read in the Eisenhut book. ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x…

23rd May

‘Lady Alice’ is on the floppy side too. By the afternoon it would certainly, in the judges’ parlance, have been deemed to ‘have gone’. One of the judges clearly dislikes…

22nd April

…Blush’ and Azalea ‘Amoena’. Rhododendron ‘Tinner’s Blush’ Camellia ‘Anticipation’ and Rhododendron davidsonianum by the lodge. Camellia ‘Anticipation’ 2021 – CHW A visit to Tregrehan yesterday. Alice Boyd, Richard & Mary…

11th July

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW (images to follow) Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ – planted ub 2003. Hydrangea ‘Alpengluhen’ –…

10th July

…soon burn in the sun. Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ – purplish at first fading to pinkish-red here. This is an enormous clump…

28th February 1897 – 2020

…Donkey Shoe. Rather him than me! I once tried tree climbing under instruction as a student at Alice Holt. My very long hair then got caught up in one of…

22nd December

…and the proceeds went to Caerhays Church. A home video of the event can be seen here. 2021 – CHW Lizzie’s Mother, Alice Churton, died in Cheshire last Friday aged…