18th July

discolor Rhododendron fortunei ssp discolor 2021 – CHW A nursery catchup visit today. The new seed propagation house is taking shape. seed propagation house As is the cutting preparation shed…

23rd October

…‘Appalachian Red’ Asterotrichon discolor in full flower as usual. Asterotrichon discolor Maclura pomifera with attractive autumn colour. Maclura pomifera Stewartia pseudocamellia doing its usual good stuff. Stewartia pseudocamellia Quercus imbricaria…

31st January

…small tree. Asterotrichion discolor Asterotrichion discolor Asterotrichion discolor Asterotrichion discolor Azara integrifolia ‘Variegata’ looks particularly fine today. Wonderful colour combinations in the leaf. Azara integrifolia ‘Variegata’ Azara integrifolia ‘Variegata’ Cornus…

2nd May

…‘Jalisco’) ‘Douggie Bettridge’ (fortunei x ‘Jalisco’) ‘Charlotte de Rothschild’ (fortunei subsp. discolor x ‘St Keverne’) ‘Charlotte de Rothschild’ (fortunei subsp. discolor x ‘St Keverne’) ‘Naomi Paris’ (‘Aurora’ x fortunei 1926)…

5th May

…ludlowii). Paeonia ludlowii Paeonia ludlowii Paeonia ludlowii Discaria discolor – a completely new genus and tree to me with contorted bark. Discaria discolor Discaria discolor Discaria discolor Unknown tree which…

24th March

discolor ‘Sixteen Candles’ Leucadendron salignum x discolor ‘Sixteen Candles’ Leucadendron salignum x discolor ‘Sixteen Candles’ Cercis chinensis ‘Arondale’ with more flowers than I have ever seen on a small tree….

7th July

…a young age. Chitalpa tashkentensis Indigofera howellii flowering earlier than usual this summer. Indigofera howellii Holodiscus discolor can be an attractive small shrub when covered in flower. Holodiscus discolor Punica…

19th November

discolor Asterotrichion discolor Asterotrichion discolor Camellia ‘Desire’ full out in the cash point. Camellia ‘Desire’ Lapageria rosea var. albiflora in full flower in a pot for planting out at Caerhays….

1st August

…a flower of this on a young plant on the main ride today. Rhododendron fortunei subsp discolor Rhododendron fortunei subsp discolor How well the two Rhododendron ovatums look in the…

20th June

…see of course! It is a bit sun scorched though. Rhododendron fortunei var discolor Rhododendron fortunei var discolor Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ is just out. Less pink in this one,…