…Slip Rail. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolf’. Pink in bud but eventually fading to creamy-pink. Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolf’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolf’ First flowers now showing on Embothrium…

…and struggling to live. Now that other things have grown up to protect it, flowers aplenty for the first time. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron magnificum with its…

…sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Last few flowers on Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ by Georges Hut. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ A fine last flower on Magnolia ‘Albatross’. Magnolia…

…to leave virtually no foliage on the plant. Nevertheless there are plenty of flower buds which is the plant’s way of procreating before it says ‘goodbye’. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande…

…bigger I suspect. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ has a decent-ish flower. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Kusious’ seems an odd name and may be…

…House Rossdohan House Below the veranda and on the sea the best Rhododendron sinogrande we saw on the whole trip. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Fresh cow…

…sinogrande. The plant is on its side and surrounded by holly which had protected it in the March gales. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande This is the new growth and flowers…

…its origins. The old plant here grew in a crater just inside the corner of Bramble Field gate. Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ 2016 – CHW A…

…them on. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande 2016 – CHW It may well not be a gardening holiday as such but you cannot help admiring Daphne’s Northumbrian…

…leaves drop to leave just far too small young leaves to sustain the plants. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande I had thought that this Idesia polycarpa was…