15th July

…‘Red Damask’ Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’ Carpinus polyneura with reddish secondary new growth. Carpinus polyneura Carpinus orientalis with plenty too but not so attractive. Carpinus orientalis Tetradium aff. fraxinifolia had looked…

12th June

…on the beach at midday. Leptospermum scoparium ‘Red Damask’ beside the garden entrance. Leptospermum scoparium ‘Red Damask’ Four shire horses arrive in a huge lorry. shire horses An enormous bouncy…

17th May

…to bits and quite useless. Just a few flowers left with the colour faded. Faded Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’ Faded Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ was good on…

26th April

…Magnolia ‘Pink Kobus’ is not really a pink form of M kobus. It only really has a hint of pink in bud and you have to strain your eyes to…

24th April

…and have not! The reddish one I discover is ‘Salmon Pink Cushion’ and the pinker one is ‘Gerards Salmon’. Well worth propagating now! Azalea ‘Salmon Pink Cushion’ Azalea ‘Salmon Pink

8th March

…a shape to the flower and on such a young plant. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’…

20th June

…japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ 2016 – CHW The three young Aesculus wilsonii at the entrance to Old Park Wood…

11th March

‘Pink Giant’ – a good light pink form too which appeared to self sow itself. Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ And a few more novelties in…

13th March

…‘Touch of Pink’ 2010 planted Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ 2010 planted Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ This may or may not be Michelia foveolata (no flowers yet). Looks more like Michelia…

10th March

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ just out. An Ian Baldick introduction from New Zealand previously called ‘Ian’s Giant Pink’. It is not that ‘giant’ as yet? Magnolia ‘Pink