…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…

…will have ‘a few’ 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…

…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 House. The plant outside…

…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…

…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 evergreen and has taken…

…Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’ is now a frosted, windblown, petal blighted mess by the front door but there are still a few new flowers. It was first out this year in October…

…‘Noblissima’ (as here) 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….

…‘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…