20th April

campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ is more sparse in its flowering and the trusses are more hidden by leaves. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ Enkianthus campanulatus

2nd November

…Road. I am slightly too late.Enkianthus campanulatus albiflorus is a good red. Enkianthus campanulatus albiflorus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ starting to go yellow. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Victoria’ – the…

1st May

…Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ is excellent! Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ So is Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ 2023 – CHW Heard the first cuckoo in Castle Wood yesterday. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Touch…

11th May

…at its very best. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ beside it. ‘Victoria’ still not out properly. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ is also superb. The best one on…

14th May

…seedling behave so differently with its leaves only just starting? ENKIANTHUS campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ ENKIANTHUS campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ Sadly the superb Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ will not make it for Chelsea either. Better…

18th May

…always the last species to flower. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ Camellia japonica ‘Kitty’ was bred in 1955 in Alabama’s Azalea Glen Nursery. It really is the very last…

29th May

…and more butterflies and insects feeding on them. Campion on bank Enkianthus campanulatus var albiflorus Enkianthus campanulatus var campanulatus Two old original plants of enkianthus in the full shade of…

26th April

…veitchiorum This looks like a royalii hybrid but I do not have a name. royalii hybrid royalii hybrid royalii hybrid Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ nicely out. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ Enkianthus campanulatus

19th May

…Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ which is outstanding! Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ Enkianthus hirtinervus is always the last species to flower but it is having a year off from flowering…

14th November

…autumn tints. Enkianthus cernuus Enkianthus campanulatus with ripe seeds. Enkianthus campanulatus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ Acer pseudosieboldianum (BSWJ 8769) Acer pseudosieboldianum (BSWJ…

16th April

…which are normally still out in flower on 1st May are sparsely covered this year and the pheasants have eaten most of them. late flowering daffodils Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ is…

24th April

…Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Prettycoat’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ was the only one properly out on Hovel Cart Road. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ looking good. Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Sorbus megalocarpa about…

30th May

…newish Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ is plastered in flower although I am not certain of the naming here below Donkey Shoe. We have several ‘versions’ of this. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ Enkianthus…

18th November

…day and wet underfoot. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ with good yellow colour. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ just changing to brown. Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris…

25th October

…‘Cherokee Chief’ Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ just colouring up but not yet at its best. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ 2022 – CHW Interesting to see…

14th September

…do do this above the Fernery and outside the Front Gate. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ A youngish Lithocarpus cleistocarpa with the first ever gigantic (but still unripe) seed…

20th July

…a bit smaller. Agapanthus campanulatus ‘Rosewarne’ Agapanthus campanulatus ‘Rosewarne’ 2015 – CHW Hydrangea seemanii full out over the arch by the back yard. What a spectacle this self clinging evergreen…

3rd June

…Fabia Group. This lot look like ‘Fabia Waterer’ (dichroanthum x griersonianum). Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Enkianthus campanulatus var palibini Even more younger Enkianthus have produced late flowers: Enkianthus campanulatus var palibini –…

25th May

…few flowers remain and they are a good colour. Enkianthus campanulatus Enkianthus campanulatus Cornus florida ‘Daybreak’ with exceptionally large white bracts offsetting the emerging green leaves with irregular yellow edging….

1st June

…bad for a supposed dwarf grower. Plentiful but pale flowers. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Rhododendron polyandrum a little later into flower than Rh. crassum which is very similar….