…‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ is now starting to perform high up in the Auklandii Garden clump. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’…

…a collection of these but this is the first to show in this batch of eight different plants. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’…

…Here we have:‘Winters Toughie’ – a delicate light pink double which opens out flat. Camellia ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia ‘Winters Toughie’ ‘Snow Flurry’ – a delicate initially anemone shaped double white…

…in wind! Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Polar Ice’ has just one flower alongside it and is really rather nice. Camellia sasanqua ‘Polar Ice’ Were…

…were out. Camellia “Winter’s Charm” – only just out and the large seed pods seen earlier have dropped. Camellia “Winter’s Charm” Camellia “Winter’s Toughie” – a large semi double pink…

…usual here, going over.   The newspapers are full of stories of ‘early’ wild flowers and especially primroses and wild daffodils. However the diary proves that, cold winters with snow…

…of flower this year but the other three varieties alongside are not showing yet. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Snowman’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Snowman’ 2016 – CHW Jaimie took this picture of…

…Early! Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia x oleifera ‘Winters Snowman’ just out. Camellia x oleifera ‘Winters Snowman’ Camellia x oleifera ‘Winters Snowman’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ just out…

…Belle’ ought to be dug out rather than just having the dead removed. Two winters ago it decided to flower in the autumn and paid the price with dieback. In…

…out on the Drive. Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Rhododendron ‘Winters Interlude’ (which is late out) just going over. Rhododendron ‘Winters Interlude’ The view across to Giddle Orchard. view…

…on as being frosted in January. Winters seem generally to have been colder then so why were they flowering much later than now. Has this Chilean (and really greenhouse plant)…

…fronds frosted more than for several winters by the Playhouse. Tree fern fronds frosted Yuccas frozen out too in the pre-Christmas cold week. They survived March 2018 and the Beast…

…bank amid an array of leaves. A new self-sown clump here. Cyclamen coum Several flowers on several of the Magnolia grandifloras. Not unusual in recent mild winters but unbelievable to…

…nudiflorum coming out into flower for Christmas. Jasminium nudiflorum Jasminium nudiflorum Viburnum bodnantense flowering away on a drab winters day. Viburnum bodnantense Viburnum bodnantense Self sown Daphne bholua seedlings appearing…

…autumns and exceptionally mild winters with early flowering. Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation’ Odd to find green leaves still on a Dipelta? Dipelta ‘St Ewe’ with ‘JCW’ behind it making a…

…aff. henryi A nice young plant of Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ with a nearly intact flower. Several of these ‘Winter’s Whatevers’ are very similar! Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ A Polyspora…

…Costa’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ alongside Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’. Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ alongside Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ with its anemone shaped flowers. They seem rather small to me this year…

…of mild winters? Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum 2002 – FJW Flowers on Rho nobleanum – many still on wall Delavayi – still very wet. 1991 – FJW First…

…had a dieback in earlier winters. Tom Hudson says his plants ‘fizzled out’ before they developed a more mature trunk. This is a very new tree in New Trees which…

…pond boat house tulip tree in flower, probably first time. Few fuschias out cut back last 2 winters. Rho stericulum x eriogonum is good also Maddeni series. Hilliers Mag macrophylla…