25th April

…Forestry Commission grant scheme for the woodland here with Rob.Azalea ‘Iro Hayama’ looking good in the cash point. Azalea ‘Iro Hayama’ Azalea ‘Iro Hayama’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ also. Magnolia ‘Green…

8th April

…‘Omoinoyama’ Prunus incisa ‘Omoinoyama’ Lindera triloba just in flower. Lindera triloba Rhododendron ‘Princess Anne’ (lanceanum x keiskei) Rhododendron ‘Princess Anne’ Rhododendron ‘Princess Anne’ Lysichiton camschaticum Lysichiton camschaticum Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’…

17th March

…at Tregrehan)One Enkianthus ‘Sinsetu’One Enkianthus ‘Miyama-beni’Two Enkianthus ‘Showy Lantern’Two Enkianthus cernus recurvuusIt will not be a planting to excite anyone but a serious plantsman even though we have included a…

Other nice things from the Rosemoor Show

…‘Spring Morning’ (now Rhododendron) Menziesia ‘Smokey Rose’ (now Rhododendron) Magnolia laevifolia ‘Gails Favourite’ Rhododendron argyrophyllum ‘Chinese Silver’ Rhododendron wallichii Rhododendron excellans Rhododendron tyermanii Rhododendron ‘Plover’ (edgeworthii x dendrocharis) Azalea ‘Irohayama’

4th August

…rhytidophyllum Viburnum parvifolium – (BSWJ 76768). This is a mountain shrub from Taiwan and there is argument over the name which should perhaps be Viburnum yamadae? Dense habit and tiny…