…Magnolia fraseri ‘Pyramidalis’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ has a scruffy habit. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ is a wonderful hawthorn! Better even than ‘Paul’s Scarlet’. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’…

…Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ in Forty Acres. Biggest clump in the UK perhaps? Absolutely perfect today. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ 2018 – CHW A few new plants for the 2019…

…have massacred the old camellias (again) around the Stable Flat. An excellent neat job which needs doing every 15 to 20 years. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ on of…

…Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ is out. This very old ponticum hybrid is normally a shoe in for Chelsea but, like so many other rhodos, it is going to be long over this…

…with new growth unlike the other plants of this cross (2019 planted). Mahonia x savilleana A good new young Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ at the far end of Old Park. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’…

…part of the drive today. Azalea ‘Berryrose’ Azalea ‘Berryrose’ Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ is quite some show further down the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ The huge clump of Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ in 40 Acres…

…cygnets Mallotus japonicus coming into leaf. The deer cannot nibble this now with a higher wire netting surround. Mallotus japonicus Rehderodendron kweichowense (WWJ 12019) flowering properly. Rehderodendron kweichowense Rhododendron ‘Sappho’…

…Nicholsiana are out on the big plant and very large flowers making 7 inches across. Double Avium is not fully open. 1916 – JCW Azaleas near their best. Sappho seedlings…

…today. deciduous azaleas deciduous azaleas The huge clump of Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ in Forty Acres from a distance. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ The new swans nest under construction in the centre of the…

…ancient hybrid not unlike ‘Sappho’ in flower but earlier and smaller. Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ Despite being nearly dead the three old Camellia reticulata…

…seasons. 1915 – JCW Tubergen Iris, c reticulata, all early rhodo’s have gone over. Rockery Augustinii at their best, the outside ones are over. Orbiculare going back, Sappho hybrids open,…

…big beds. Standish hybrids are good and so Sappho x auklandii, Roylei just opening, but a very few Azaleas open. Azalea amoena is good. Azalea mollis comes on. Augustinii over,…

…– JCW The Auklandii’s go back, Azaleas are coming on. A few roses. Standish rhodo’s are very good and so Sappho hybrids. Calendulaceum is about opening. 1910 – JCW Just…