…been installed by Mark Pheasey at the lower end of the lake. new wooden sluice gate new wooden sluice gate I have been inspecting the Camellia japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ (‘Gauntlettii’) beside…

…japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ still has plenty of flowers beside the ‘Lady Clare’ despite first showing in November. Camellia japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ 2022 – CHW Quercus franchettii is an…

…A good dark colour this year high up but you can already see the paler insides to the tepals as you see in ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’…

…and Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna growing well together. Phormium ‘Rainbow Maiden’ Lizzie found and cut the very first Camellia japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ flower outside the front door. The warm sunshine this…

…would have expected the reverse. Camellia cuspidata 2021 – CHW Burning up the dead malus by the garden entrance. malus More flowers on a Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’ (‘Gauntlettii’) near the Engine…

…well into April too. UK Record largest Camellia x williamsii (never named) UK Record largest Camellia x williamsii (never named) Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’ is back on song too after the first…

…is really any different to Camellia ‘Gauntlettii’ (Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’)? Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ with its wonderful peeling bark in the sunshine. What a plant!…

…‘Lanarth’ with attractive reddish-brown tints. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ The first solitary and slug eaten flower on Camellia ‘Sode-goshuki’ (syn. ‘Gauntlettii’) by the front door. Camellia ‘Sode-goshuki’ 2020 – CHW A…