…belladonna (white form) nearly over with Nerine bowdenii nearly out just behind it in front of the Dining Room window. Amaryllis belladonna The wild Iris foetidissima that has naturalised in…

…Rockery. Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ Daffodils in mid-November. Daffodils Nerine by the Drawing Room. Nerine Nerine The very last flower for this year on…

…Other spectacular plants of interest at the fair:Erica cerinthoides Erica cerinthoides Erica cerinthoides A very fine Brugmansia suaveolens Brugmansia suaveolens Nerine masoniorum Nerine masoniorum Nerine masoniorum Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’…

…from a sycamore root exposed to the daylight. sycamore root 2021 – CHW Garrya eliptica ‘James Roof’ with flower tassels well formed. Garrya eliptica ‘James Roof’ Nerine bowdenii full out…

…– CHW The nerine bed has only a very few flowers and they are both late and a rather insipid pink this year. Much paler than I remember them. Over…

…of colour in the borders around the house.Pink nerine by the dining room. We saw whiter forms flowering here earlier. nerine Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ as good as ever…

…Nerine bed in full flower. Nerine bed 2021 – CHW Camellia sasanqua (white) and Camellia sasanqua (pink) full out together in the sun. Camellia sasanqua (white) and Camellia sasanqua (pink)…

…There are more in the Auklandii Garden below the nerine bed. Very plain and very early although not by the standards of what one sees field grown today at Fentongollan.The…

…campestre ‘Red Shine’ 2022 – CHW I bought some bulbs of Amaryllis belladonna crossed with Nerine in the spring. Only one has flowered in the first year. The RHS have…

…I found the first snakebark maple in full leaf above the nerine bed. It will not be long before we find a six week early sycamore in leaf too. Just…