…Azalea ‘Greenway’ often has odd secondary flowers but a good show today below Slip Rail. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Seeds and well advanced flower buds on a nearby Pieris. Pieris Acer rubrum…

…flower. first pieris of the year in flower Below Donkey Shoe is another storm casualty I mentioned on Wednesday. One of three mature Pieris ‘Charles Michael’ which has already had…

…well so far. Pittosporum glabratum First flowers out on a Pieris this this. This is Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ from memory. Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ First flowers full out…

…the collection to still be in flower – ‘Prudence’. Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ looking remarkably good in the sun. Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ Pieris…

…Rhododendron aperantum Rhododendron aperantum Rhododendron aperantum Rhododendron aperantum A young Pieris with secondary new growth or perhaps it has been so dry it is only now coming into growth? Pieris…

…died in the drought. Pieris japonica Pieris japonica Sorbus aff. karchungii with its first seed clusters. 2017 planted. Sorbus aff. karchungii Carpinus fargesiana with its first small seed catkins. This…

…as equally impressive clusters of not quite yet ripe seeds. Some brown but mostly still green. Pieris forrestii ‘Forrest Flame’ Pieris forrestii ‘Forrest Flame’ The elderly (25 to 30 years)…

…Pieris ‘Valley Valentine’ Pieris ‘Valley Valentine’ First flower out on a 2015 planted Michelia ‘Fairy White’. Plenty of bud to come on such an immature plant. Excellent value as a…

…of phytophthera unlike many others here and in other key woodland gardens – especially Windsor. Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ The last survivors of the big clump…

…Peter’ wins the Brother Vincent Cup Mike collects the Brother Vincent Cup Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ wins the Lamellen Cup Jaimie collects the Lamellen Cup Pieris japonica ‘Valley Valentine’ First Prize…

…‘Diane’ Campanula still in flower after a mild winter. Campanula Pieris japonica ‘Taiwanensis Group’ in flower here and there on this small bush. Pieris japonica ‘Taiwanensis Group’ Camellia x williamsii…

…the nursery. Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis ‘Brilliant’ Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ is new to the catalogue this year. Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ Pieris japonica ‘Bonfire’ just…

…work at The Copper House. Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ at the cash point. Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ A flower just…

…Society International.Honey bees out and about foraging. Honey bees To Burncoose gardens to do a rhododendron promotional video. Pieris japonica Taiwanensis Group looking good on the drive. Pieris japonica Taiwanensis…

…of Haddington’ Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ (named after my great uncle). Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ Amelanchier bartramiana is really getting going in the Isla Rose. A multi-stemmed shrub (so far)…

…time. Tamarix ramosissima ‘Hulsdonk White’ Rhododendron ‘Madame Masson’. Rhododendron ‘Madame Masson’. The dwarf Kalmia latifolia ‘Elf’. Kalmia latifolia ‘Elf’. Mukgenia ‘Flame’. Mukgenia ‘Flame’. Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’. Pieris japonica ‘Little…

…to the flower of the Tregrehan form in Tin Garden. Deutzia longifolia The large clump of Pieris above the wall looked dead after the summer’s drought. I am glad now…

…thing in the garden today. Eucryphia milliganii Secondary growth on Pieris almost as good as in the spring after flowering Pieris Some of the Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ are almost over…

…nearly over on Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Starting to see good secondary new growth on Pieris forrestii ‘Forest Flame’. Pieris forrestii ‘Forest Flame’ Equally good secondary…

…Stewartia x henrya really is exceptional in autumn. The best of this genus for autumn colour here by far. Stewartia x henrya Stewartia x henrya Stewartia x henrya Pieris flowers…