15th May

…Magnolia fraseri ‘Pyramidalis’ 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…

30th May

…today. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ 2018 – CHW A few new plants for the 2019 catalogue captured today in the nursery as the post-mortem of Chelsea is recorded…

28th May

…doing every 15 to 20 years. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ on of the old original hardy ponticum hybrids is nearly full out outside the back yard. There is…

17th May

…The deer cannot nibble this now with a higher wire netting surround. Mallotus japonicus Rehderodendron kweichowense (WWJ 12019) flowering properly. Rehderodendron kweichowense Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ outside the back yard nearly over…

21st May

…big plant and very large flowers making 7 inches across. Double Avium is not fully open. 1916 – JCW Azaleas near their best. Sappho seedlings nearly over. Very near 1912,…

1st May

‘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 year….

25th May

…the Green Gate are quite a sight today. deciduous azaleas deciduous azaleas The huge clump of Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ in Forty Acres from a distance. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ The new swans nest…

10th May

…over. Orbiculare going back, Sappho hybrids open, and Devonshire Recurvas good. Standishii, C montana rubra good, also Auklandii above frost line and some white Broughtonii x’s. 1908 – JCW The…

22nd May

…the 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…

24th May

…season. 1919 – 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 –…