21st October

…glomerata or so we thought) Symplocos aff. sumuntia (formerly S. glomerata or so we thought) Symplocos aff. sumuntia (formerly S. glomerata or so we thought) Symplocos aff. sumuntia (formerly S….

9th April

…of a big leafed rhodo has affected its growth quite considerably. Deer damaged rhodie Symplocos aff. sumuntia full out in flower. Symplocos aff. sumuntia Symplocos aff. sumuntia Symplocos aff. sumuntia…

30th September

…paniculata clump is plastered in lovely blue berries. Very few last year. Asia needs to get collecting seed at once. What a display! Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata Symplocos

22nd March

…cutter bar set high. Primroses Primroses Tom Hudson has keyed out this previously unknown evergreen Symplocos as Symplocos lucida. It is very fine this year with plenty of unusual and…

24th May

…the best thing in the garden today is the clump of Symplocos paniculata in full flower outside the front gates. Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata 2019 – CHW We…

31st March

…‘Sundance’ An unnamed evergreen symplocos species. Not Symplocos dryophylla but not that different. unnamed evergreen symplocos Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ still putting on a good show six to eight weeks after…

12th February

…laurel hedges all along the Main Ride. Without these windbreaks many more tender plants might well have died. laurel leaves The Symplocos dryophylla was not as dead as it looked…

7th April

…on Rhododendron niveum – what a colour! Rhododendron niveum First flowers on Rhododendron davidsonianum that I have seen. Here a pale form. Rhododendron davidsonianum Symplocos dryophila full out. Symplocos dryophila…

24th October

…a couple actually. Symplocos paniculatus Symplocos paniculatus Wind and rain forecast for tomorrow after a very lengthy spell of dry which has been great for farmers drilling their autumn crops…

24th March

…‘Caerhays Surprise’ and a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Rhododendron macabeanum and Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Rhododendron macabeanum Symplocos paniculata in flower. Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata The Fellows gathered on the…