23rd August

…is two to three months. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Only one Echium pininana flower spike still has a few flowers left on it. The rest are…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…which is another for the Gresham collection Magnolia ‘Cup Cake’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ – plant above greenhouse. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ –…

8th September

…densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ is just out with plenty more buds developing on what is a young plant. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ The ancient Lapageria rosea has…

15th September

…Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ and we are doing so. Peter Shotter’s – Lapageria rosea Peter Shotter’s – Lapageria rosea I will do a video soon on how to propagate Lapageria from…

31st August

…Lapageria rosea looks sickly in the drought but plenty of flowers. I need to check but I suspect it is out much earlier this year. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh…

15th October

…still in full flower on the wall with a couple of buds still and some lower flowers dropping. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Sorbus japonica covered…

19th November

rosea are already over very early this year. However Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ is only now coming out. All the 3 other forms of Lapageria rosea Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’…

30th April

…plant to us. Crataegus chinensis Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ is especially fine above the greenhouse. Strangely the pure S holocarpa (white) nearby is not showing colour yet. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea…

10th July

…– Alcea rosea ‘Indian Spring’ (or similar). Alcea rosea ‘Indian Spring’ Alcea rosea ‘Indian Spring’ 2022 – CHW A visit to the delightful and beautifully maintained gardens at Kiftsgate Court…

21st August

…about a month earlier than usual. Lapageria ‘Flesh Pink’ Ditto the elderly Lapageria rosea beside it. Lapageria rosea A very drought ridden and now dead Hydrangea villosa. Hydrangea villosa This…

10th November

…the arch. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ 2002 – FJW Flowers on wall Delavayi – very mild and wet. 2000 – FJW Rain and floods continue…

13th December

…Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Lapageria rosea with its last flower. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Amazingly a flower still on a common day lily (Alstroemeria) by the front door in a…

1st April 1897 – 2020

…a white reticulata. Camellia reticulata (white) Stapylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ with more flower than I have ever seen before on such a small tree. Fourteen years from planting. Stapylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’…

28th March 1897 – 2020

…I think is paler in colour but I cannot at present locate it. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ It now really is exactly…

26th March

…the flowers are too far away. Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Typical rain damage on rhododendron flowers that were only just new out. Typical rain damage…

29th March

…this is Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’. Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ just out. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Camellia ‘Tiny Princess’ on the path beside the Aucklandii Garden has a pinkish hue…

5th April

…(‘Jane Platt’) at various stages of bud and flower. The pink quickly fades but is left in stripes on the tepals. Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’…

4th August

…Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ looking quite superb with its triangular or heart shaped leaf structure. Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ A secondary flower or three on Magnolia…

5th September

…flowers. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ again with a large truss of flowers. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Escallonia bifida covered in bumble bees and red admirals. Escallonia bifida Escallonia bifida Escallonia…

27th September

…greenhouse plant) adapted to our Cornish climate? Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea 1918 – JCW Rhodo’s as below. Cyclamen very good. Lapagerias fair. Hydrangeas fair. (Hand written note attached…