…of Crataegus jozana. Crataegus jozana Crataegus jozana And of Crataegus horridus. Crataegus horridus Salix magnifica looking very fine. Salix magnifica Salix magnifica Rhododendron ovatum full out. Rhododendron ovatum 2022 –…

…ovatum Rhododendron ovatum 2021 – CHW A CASTANOPSIS hunt today. These are evergreen trees with (eventually) prickly fruits like those of a sweet chestnut.This 2008 planted tree is labelled Castanopsis…

…Vaccinum ovatum full out beside the greenhouses. Vaccinum ovatum Vaccinum ovatum Vaccinum ovatum Ilex spinigera with berries forming on a young cutting recently potted up. Ilex spinigera New growth on…

…far out for their usual Chelsea appearance this year: Rhododendron ovatum Rhododendron ovatum Rhododendron ovatum Rhododendron kiusianum (Azalea kiusianum) Rhododendron kiusianum Rhododendron kiusianum Another first time flowering here for Rehderodendron…

…nearby Magnolia dawsoniana. self-sown seedling Rhododendron ovatum in bud but with its bronzy new growth already well set where there were no buds. Rhododendron ovatum The huge (12-15ft) Echium pininana…

…very good. Pink Kurume bed is over. Bluebells full blast and Recurvas good. Auklandii half open. 1921 – JCW Azaleas are going over in the sun. Ovatum is nice. Decorum…

…never so good as regards the established plants. Magnolia x nicholsoniana i.e the big one, very very good. 1929 – JCW About ten days behind 1915. Ovatum is mostly open….

…Rhododendron ovatum. Rhododendron ovatum 2021 – CHW To Burncoose to thrash out a new propagation strategy for the future with Burncoose producing an even wider range of camellias, rhodos and…

…of Dad’s original Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ covered in secondary flowers. Again not seen previously. Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Fruits on Vaccinum ovatum (?) – it may be another…

…needs chopping down again. Rosa roxburgii Tail end flowers on Rhododendron concinnum. Rhododendron concinnum A seedling Rhododendron falconeri flowering well in the bottom of Main Quarry (Rh. ovatum in the…