12th May

…big trees in their prime. Not as good as Tom Hudson’s newish Vietnamese Rehderodendron kwatungense which is a better flower. EMBOTRIUM coccineum EMBOTRIUM coccineum Embothrium coccineum – pure orange (rather…

21st August

…Bach home and the Hedychiums are out. Hedychium yunnanense ‘Lago’ (BSWJ 9717). Hedychium yunnanense ‘Lago’ (BSWJ 9717) Hedychium coccineum flowering better than ever before. Hedychium coccineum Hedychium coccineum Hedychium tengshongense…

10th December

…Belle’ A very late flowering Hedychium coccineum ‘Was To Ziya’. Interesting stem and attractive orange-yellow flowers in mid-December! Hedychium coccineum ‘Was To Ziya’ Hedychium coccineum ‘Was To Ziya’ A late…

26th May

…in the heat of the last week. Rhododendron decorum Last flowers on Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ A young Embothrium coccineum ‘Ñorquinco’ doing well as it was on our…

29th May

…Bits of bark shed from a huge Prunus radiata Rhododendron ‘Coccineum Speciosum’ near the Aucklandii Garden. Some orange in the red flowers. Rhododendron ‘Coccineum Speciosum’ Rhododendron decorum below Tin Garden….

5th September

…‘Album’ Hedychium coccineum. Hedychium coccineum These Acer palmatum varieties were imported from the New Zealand winter in July. Excellent new growth already. Acer palmatum Acer palmatum 2023 – CHW Hornets…

21st September

…officinalis ‘Capri’ Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Capri’ Persicaria ‘Purple Fantasy’ Persicaria ‘Purple Fantasy’ Persicaria ‘Purple Fantasy’ Hedychium coccineum – probably a named form Hedychium coccineum Westringia fruiticosa ‘Variegata’ Westringia fruiticosa ‘Variegata’ 2019…

31st October

…Camellia sasanqua No. 2 Camellia sasanqua No. 2 2023 – CHW Hedychium coccineum flowers very late here. This is a Crug Farm form called ‘Was to Ziva’ which presumably refers…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 4)

…Ruby’ (from Slieve Donard). Rhododendron ‘Bagshot Ruby’ Rhododendron ‘Bagshot Ruby’ Labelled Embothrium coccineum longifolium – redder flowers with longer trumpets than I have ever seen anywhere else on this trip….

19th March 1897 – 2020

…See the colours in the individual flowers within the truss. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Very early flower on Embothrium coccineum. Embothrium coccineum Magnolia ‘Marj Grossler’ – an American hybrid was…

23rd May

…expect. Ghent Hybrids Splendens coccinea – reddish (probably correctly named as coccineum speciosum) Ghent Hybrids ‘Maya’ – yellow and sort of semi double Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower…

11th June

…old and showing its age after a spring scorching in the east wind. It is probably therefore Embothrium coccineum Lanceolatum Group. Embothrium Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei has three lobes at…