9th March

…is Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation Variegated’ or Camellia x williamsii ‘Ballet Queen Variegated’. I had always thought the former and the latter does not have a variegated flowering form in…

4th January

…japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’ Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’ Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’ Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’ First flower high up on Camellia japonica ‘Adelina Patti’. Camellia japonica…

4th March

…japonica ‘Midnight Variegated’ a good new addition to the collection. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Variegated’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Variegated’ Hydrangeas bursting into leaf. Hydrangeas bursting into leaf On Bond Street a…

24th April

…standards) new leaves. Most other Tilias still have to leaf up but this one is already quite a spectacle. Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’ This is Cleyera japonica ‘Fortunei’. The variegated

26th June

…flowered of our Rhododendron maddenii. Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron maddenii Still more green shoots to prune out on the variegated Turkey oak. I thought I had done the lot 2 months…

3rd January

…at Burncoose. Camellia japonica ‘Dr Burnside’ Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’. Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Debbie’ just about to show. Camellia x williamsii ‘Debbie’ The snowdrops…

27th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Midnight Variegated’ – the variegation is on the outside of the outer petals and only evident on fallen flowers. Camellia ‘Midnight Variegated’ Camellia ‘Midnight Variegated’ An elderly Rhododendron sutchuenense. Not…

2nd March 1897 – 2020

Variegated’ by Burncoose Lodge. Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’ Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’ A good bit of laurel hedge cutting. laurel hedge One of the two huge beech trees which fell into the…

6th December

…A large pile of yellowish leaves. Gingko biloba Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ with its variegated leaves is listed as C. x vernalis ‘Ginryu’ in the new CSI book, ‘Splendid Sasanquas’….

18th October

…this topgrafted tree which has mottled or variegated new growth in the spring. As the plant matures there is rather less variegated new growth. The plant has more interest for…

12th August

…regards the big leafed rhodos. Eucryphia cordifolia just starting to show. Eucryphia cordifolia Fruits formed already on Mespilus germanica. Mespilus germanica The silver variegated Liquidambar styraciflua is finally growing very…

4th November

variegated leaved Ginkgo shows no autumn colour as yet. variegated leaved Ginkgo Sorbus japonica is shedding its leaves but not yet its berries. Sorbus japonica Sorbus hupehensis virtually leafless. Sorbus…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…campbellii ‘Alba’ CAMELLIA ‘Anticipation Variagated’ Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’ towers over the main ride and is well worth being more widely grown. It is the large flowers not the leaves which…

11th January

…behind standing to cut out the wind and under draft. Good thinking! Cut back one Camellia ‘Debbie’ First flower (frosted) at the very top of Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’. Camellia ‘Anticipation…

12th January 1897- 2020

…not really that good. evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas Camellia ‘Reigyoku’ with its variegated foliage and single dark red flowers. Not to everyone’s taste but good today if you like your…

28th February 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Leda’ – likewise. Magnolia ‘Leda’ Serena’s plaque is now up at the Isla Rose Plantation beside a young oak tree. Serena’s plaque Camellia ‘Midnight Variegated’ has light irregular white…

24th March 1897 – 2020

…although it looked fine 10 days ago. I had feared the worst for these variegated Hoherias. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ hardly has a leaf left…

7th August

…laevigata ‘Gireoudii’ with its variegated leaves had sprung a large sucker from the rootstock. The sucker was in fact Sorbus intermedia (Swedish Whitebeam). I had not realised that the sucker…

30th September

…spring. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ is variegated in both leaf and flower. Rather attractive I think anyway although my father hated all variegated plants. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ 2016 – CHW The…

28th December

…at Donkey Shoe. Three (leaf) variegated plants here which I planted to replace mothers favourite Rh. niveum that grew here. Dad hated all variegated things and this a prime spot!…