…and new growth buds. Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ has very variable flowers as they open fully. Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ about to…

…Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ is the first magnolia here to be full out this year but battered by the wind in Penvergate. There…

…for dark shady areas on the drive. Ribes ‘White Icicle’ Ribes ‘White Icicle’ The unnamed and unidentified cotoneaster at the Hovel turning has featured twice this year in the diary…

…it expired. Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ is an excellent show. Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ is quite variable in shape but very floriferous. Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia…

…Quite how this cross produced a double flower is questionable? Camellia oleifera ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia oleifera ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia japonica ‘Jovey Carlyon’ had a single errant flower in late November….

…aside Hydrangea ‘Yulika’ destined for Hampton Court. Hydrangea ‘Yulika’ A flower out in June on Camellia x williamsii ‘Pink Icicle’ in the nursery. Camellia x williamsii ‘Pink Icicle’ A large…

…Phormium. Yuccas, Cordyline and Phormium Acacia rhetinodes just coming out. Acacia rhetinodes Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ just out but frosted. Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ View 13th January 1897 – 2020…

…but the plans now bear little resemblance to reality due to deaths and being planted too close together. ‘Lulu Belle’ is a good semi double white and ‘Pink Icicle’ early…

…do get frost. Acer mandchuricum Acer mandchuricum Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ early as usual. Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ A hydrangea cut down two years ago still in full leaf after…

…azalea Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ just coming out. Some light pink in the bud opening white. Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ The view from the drive over to Giddle Orchard and…

…weeks ago. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Just a few shoots still alive after the drought on Ribes ‘White Icicle’. Ribes ‘White Icicle’ Not many of our older beech trees have a…

…x Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia maudiae. Michelia maudiae Michelia ‘Fairy White’. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia cavalieri. Michelia cavaleriei Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa 2022 – CHW Rhododendron…

…forwarding to Adrian Agley re dead New Zealand acers)Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ now full out in all its glory. Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Sorbus wardii in…

…out. Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia foggii or Magnolia laevigata ‘White Caviar’. The label isn’t clear but the flowers are not M. foggii or white!? Magnolia foggii or Magnolia laevigata ‘White…

…One of the last of the New Zealanders to do so. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ RJW and Isla inspect Magnolia ‘Fairy White’. Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Pink Champagne’…

…Belle’ The pure white form of Camellia reticulata. Camellia reticulata A nice young plant of Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’. A different colour to the Tregullow bred one in the Auklandii…

…flower too in the nursery:‘Shady Lady White’ TELOPEA ‘Shady Lady White’ TELOPEA ‘Shady Lady White’ ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ TELOPEA ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ TELOPEA ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ speciosissima TELOPEA speciosissima Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’…

…first flowers on the largest white Camellia sasanqua. largest white Camellia sasanqua The second, smaller, white Camellia sasanqua is further out. Two days ago nothing. smaller, white Camellia sasanqua smaller,…

…Sprenger’ – pinkish in bud opening white. Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Louisa’ – drooping habit and a gentle pink. Malus ‘Louisa’ Malus ‘White Angel’ – top heavy with flower and…

…We needed website photos. Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’. Flowering with the…