14th November

…williamsianum Two days ago nothing, yet now, Camellia japnonica ‘Takanini’ has a good show of dark red flowers fading to an even darker red. Camellia japnonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia japnonica ‘Takanini’…

23rd November

‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ The new multi span tunnel is now full of the next crop of herbaceous plants. multi…

1st December

…Liriodendron tulipifera. Liriodendron tulipifera A nice combination of Camellia ‘Takanini’ and Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Malus prattii has now been staked. Malus prattii Liriodendron chinense in all its…

24th January

…escaped the frost. One dead flower from natural causes. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ (a C. lutchuensis cross) now rather specially good in…

1st January 1897 – 2020

…being Christmas flowering in the article in The Garden last month. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ 2019 – CHW Plenty of flowers still and most of its leaf on…

26th October

…crassum which we watered through the early summer drought. Rhododendron crassum Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ out here in October! Several flowers at the very top of the plant. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’…

11th November

…Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ is now well out in Kennel Close. Amazingly dark colour. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Several lower limbs pruned off an elderly magnolia to give more…

30th November

…and smaller than those on our old, now dead, plant. Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ now full out. Incredible dark red colours as the flowers fade. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia…

14th December

…Kennel Close in early spring. Sprayed out circles for rhododendron plantings Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ now full out. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ 2021 – CHW Cleaning out the roof…

16th December

…japonica ‘Takanini’ nicely fronts the orange-red branches of Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ in Kennel Close. An excellent colour combination! Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Little leaf drop yet on…

25th December

…may well yet stand corrected! Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia ‘Takanini’ full out and a very dark red indeed. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Yet more young Pinus insignis blown over…

27th February 1897 – 2020

…look it up. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Little Bit’ is full out below the Tennis Court beside the path. Camellia ‘Little Bit’ Camellia ‘Little Bit’ Rhododendron spinuliferum like we…

22nd November

…Plantation Isla Rose Plantation Two more good young plants of Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ above the Isla Rose. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ A clump of dead white Rhododendron arboreum due to come…

9th January 1897- 2020

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ (seen two to three weeks ago) is now full out in Kennel Close. Camellia ‘Takanini’ 2016 – CHW I had been meaning to…

13th January

…from the base after being cut down completely. A rare tree which was once a Champion. Lindera communis Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ glowing red in front of the bare orange twigs…

11th January

…trunk of Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’. Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ and Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ and Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Podocarpus lambertii is growing…

8th February

…Acer griseum below Slip Rail. Acer griseum Camellia ‘Takanini’ and Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’. An interesting combination of red and orange. Camellia ‘Takanini’ and Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Prunus ‘Kursar’…

20th November

…‘Vanessa’ Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ full out in the camellia tunnel but not yet showing outside here. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ was out…

25th October

…Cercis siliquastrum. Cercis siliquastrum Autumn colours on Aesculus chinensis which have yet to blow away. Aesculus chinensis A real surprise! A flower out already on Camellia ‘Takanini’. Always early into…

19th October

…oleifera ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Rhus glabra with a flower but, as yet, no autumn colour. Rhus glabra 2019 – CHW Camellia…