…The yellow flowered Michelia floribunda (as we call it) out high up at about 60ft. Michelia floribunda Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ just out. Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Magnolia ‘Joe…

…Shadow’. Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ I wonder how many of these pretty similarly barked birches are correctly named or…

…thelemanniana ‘Baby’ Grevillea thelemanniana ‘Baby’ Corydalis tenuifolia ‘Chocolate Star’ in full flower. It seems to sell in the nursery before it ever gets this far into flower. Corydalis tenuifolia ‘Chocolate…

…red fruits. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ Fruits on the irregularly variegated Photinia davidiana ‘Palette’. Another Photinia with fruits to add to our recent researches in this…

…‘Gay Baby’ ‘Gay Baby’ This wild collected Camellia pittardii has vigorous green shoots coming from the base but the top of the plant is all sickly and yellowish. Should I…

…few pictures of the family and guests over the weekend.Baby Zara at breakfast. Baby Zara at breakfast Colour coding a new magnolia hybrid above the Old Kennels. Colour coding a…

…the felled sweet chestnut trunks have been dragged out and the mess on the path tidied up by Frankie. Old Park Old Park Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ just out rather later…

…and her granddaughter Lady Rose with whom we had lunch. article article In our absence Jaimie has seen slow worms on the move. slow worms And the first baby blackbird…

…new(ish) baby. Babes in arms are allowed in at Chelsea under the Health & Safety rules but not young children! Chris from the Restio stand beside us with his new(ish)…

…camellia liners Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Midnight Marvel’ full out. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Midnight Marvel’ Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’ was a new introduction this year and finally we see the flowers. Eupatorium dubium…

…Indigofera howellii ‘Reginald Cory’ A clump of a rare bamboo species by Tin Garden has decided to flower and die. I need to look up which one. bamboo A baby…

…‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Rosea Plena’ – very yellow foliage ‘Rosea Plena’ ‘Rosea Plena’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘Paradise Little…

…Completely unfrosted. Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ I had been expecting Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’ to show any day but nothing yet on the old plants on the Main Ride. Here…

…new leaves on Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver Leaf’ in the garden here. These are the new and rather more golden new growth leaves on Neolitsea sericea at Burncoose Nurseries. Neolitsea sericea…

…and very reddish leaves. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ A new catalogue entry is Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’. Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’ Eucryphia × hillieri…

…just missed Persea japonica in the foreground (three ‘japonicas’ in two days!). silver fir silver fir silver fir Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ just starting to show at the top of the…

…I know about plants not railway carriages’. The plants are pretty crap though and they have been awarded a silver medal (note, not the same as a silver gilt). But…

…all yet and no catkins. Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ 2018 – CHW To Belvoir…

…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…

…true M. japonica from Japan. Mahonia tikushiensis Mahonia lancasteri ‘Silver Back’ which readily lives up to its name. Mahonia lancasteri ‘Silver Back’ Mahonia lancasteri ‘Silver Back’ Mahonia lancasteri ‘Silver Back’…