…also out on the attractive pink budded and pink flowering form of Rhododendron moupinense which we should propagate. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron dauricum with a few flowers…

…clump of Rhododendron moupinense on the drive is outstanding today although we pictured the odd flower a while ago in February. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense An early and…

…at its absolute best. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense Last late flower on Rhodendron nobleanum. Rhodendron nobleanum The best Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling on the drive now full out in the…

…x williamsii ‘Donation’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ 2018 – CHW First flowers on Rhododendron moupinense a little later than last year I think. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense Disaster with the…

…David picked first daffodil. 1931 – JCW The first small bit of moupinense open. (Handwritten note taped in Garden Book): I put about 15-20 cuttings under a bell glass in…

…out too by the cash point as it is on the drive. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense A good plant for sale of Laureliopsis philippiana. Laureliopsis philippiana A camellia…

…and very fine today. Best camellia in the garden today? Camellia ‘Leonard Messel’ Camellia ‘Leonard Messel’ Camellia ‘Leonard Messel’ Camellia ‘Leonard Messel’ Rhododendron moupinense in its prime too. Rhododendron moupinense…

…White’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ First flower on Rhododendron moupinense on the drive which is all looking very neat and tidy. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron irroratum is late out. I think…

…bush. Salix moupinense Salix moupinense Salix moupinense Crataegus ellwangeriania ‘Fire Ball’ was a gift from Bluebell Nursery. Its fruits are now fully ripe. Enormous for a thorn tree and this…

…reference books say. I had not seen the catkins before standing upright on the stems. Salix moupinense Salix moupinense Salix moupinense Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ – simply gorgeous new…

…moupinense Rhododendron moupinense Nearby is an elderly surviving clump of Sarcocca hookeriana var dignya. This is the sole survivor from my pre 1992 planting when the cashpoint and car park…

…out by the old walled garden. Placing out Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ offset nicely by Ilex mutchagara. Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ A clump of Rhododendron moupinense on the drive. Rhododendron moupinense And also of…

…been since Christmas. Moupinense, Sutchuenense, Barbatum, Arboreum hybrids, Erica darleyense are all very nice. 1918 – JCW The following Rhodo’ species are open or show colour – Longistylum – Moupinense…

…Rhododenron moupinense has perfect new flowers appearing after the frosted ones. Very resilient indeed! Rhododenron moupinense Rhododenron moupinense Another just discovered storm damage casualty. A beech tree above the greenhouse….

…fraterna Camellia fraterna Rhododendron moupinense at its best. First odd flower photographed a good 10 weeks ago but not on this plant. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense The New Zealand bred…

…now full out and fading to white. Rhododendron calophytum Rhododendron calophytum Rhododendron moupinense on Burns Bank. A pinkish rather than pure white form. Rhododendron moupinense 2017 – CHW A drab…

…King’ Rhododendron arboreum (pink form) by the greenhouses in a huge mature clump. Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum Attractive new growth on Salix moupinense. Salix moupinense Salix moupinense A few lower…

…JCW Heaths fairly good, Rhodo lutescens and moupinense very good. Blood Red hybrids well out, some Barbatum and Scabrifolium. Prunus pissardi and conradinae just coming out. [?] Dediconia is the…

…thing we have. There is a C speciosa x japonica 2 ½ years old with 14 buds on it. Moupinense is good, H mollis wanes, it has been very good….

…mucronulatum bed is by far our best shrub in flower. Erica hybrida is opening on the Terrace. R moupinense is very good and so is R Ririei. 1928 – JCW…