1st April

Cloud’ hybrid between Michelia doltsopa and Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ This is the conventional Michelia doltsopa which Michael Levett grew from a seed and is now 30-40 feet tall in…

27th June

…better. Total failure I fear. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ The seed heads are forming on Symplocus paniculata. These will turn blue in…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

Cloud’ seedlings from Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ seedlings from Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Rhododendron kendrickii nearly over just below the three Michelias. Rhododendron kendrickii Rhododendron kendrickii Flowers aplenty on the…

15th May

…Slipper’ Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Purple King’ may have very dark old leaves but the new growth is delightful. Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Purple King’ Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Purple

31st August

…ancient Magnolia salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ has just one flower. Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ now nearly out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Cotoneaster cordifolius ‘Ogisu’ with…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…cinnamon. Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Then we get to three original michelia plants above the greenhouse which used to have lead labels…

29th May

…looks perfect. Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ as good as ever in the Isla Rose Plantation. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Aesculus x mutabilis…

14th September

…this spring. Acacia baileyana Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ with nearly ripe berries. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Bupleurum fruiticosum covered in yellow seed heads by the Playhouse. Bupleurum fruiticosum Bupleurum fruiticosum…

17th May

…the list to propagate this summer. What tubular orange bells! Buddleja speciosissima Buddleja speciosissima Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ perfect today in the Isla Rose. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Crataegus laevigata…

28th March

…Cinnamomum camphora grows nearby whose leaves smell as you would expect when crushed. Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Rhododendron pseudochyrsanthemum is just out below Donkey Shoe. The…

8th September

…colour. Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Cornus amomum ‘Blue Cloud’ Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ looking very fine. Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ now…

15th November

…days. Only a couple of flowers out today. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ Good colour on Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ by the shop. Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Some colour on Fagus asplenifolia by…

2nd April

…(‘Dan Xin’). Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ (‘Dan Xin’) Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ (‘Dan Xin’) Magnolia ‘Sayonara’. Magnolia ‘Sayonara’ First flowers on this Magnolia campbellii on Christmas Day and the last…

24th June

…is the very late flowering Azalea ‘Jane Fire’. Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ getting established. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ Lomatia tinctoria now full out. Lomatia tinctoria Lomatia tinctoria…

21st September

…‘Pink Cloud’ often has the odd flower but is now full out. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Seed and flower buds on Camellia taliensis. Should be flowers…

19th April

…Ice’ Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ slightly pink in bud opening pinkish white then white. A superb show on a young tree. Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Rhododendron aberconwayi nicely out….

12th May

…first saw (with an even longer name) on the Millais stand at Chelsea two years ago. Rhododendron ‘Pushy Purple’ Rhododendron ‘Pushy Purple’ Rhododendron ‘Pushy Purple’ Rhododendron ‘Pushy Purple’ 2019 –…

28th June

…flowering season. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ A new Styrax japonica to replace the two elderly specimens that have died up in the wood flowers for the…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…the bud before it opens a conventional white. Battered in the wind I fear. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Cloud’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Cloud’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ has extraordinary…

18th April

…sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ Amelanchier lamarckii on the drive – one of at least three. Similar to Amenlanchier laevis but the petals are smaller amongst other things….