…pink forms. Enormous scent and well worth the trip but the gardens are now closed of course as there is ‘nothing to see’! Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum The…

…a pure white form. This species hides its flowers a bit as you can see here. Rhododendron (Azalea) viscosum Rhododendron (Azalea) viscosum Probably Deutzia paniculata (BSWJ 8592) planted in 2014….

…shade. Azalea viscosum hybrids Azalea viscosum hybrids The azalea which flowered at Christmas is now the only one in this clump of five fairly ordinary orange azaleas to be bereft…

…in Old Park. This lot are by the shop and generally go unnoticed. Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum 2019 – CHW A horrid NE wind and quite a bit…

…paler and a bit later to flower. Nice scent. Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum There are three separate clumps of Rhododendron indicum on the drive. Perhaps some are Rhododendron…

…excellent. Rhododendron viscosum ‘Mermaid’ Rhododendron viscosum ‘Mermaid’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – apricot form. Covered in flower below the Fernery. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Sorbus hemsleyi ‘John Bond’ growing away well. Sorbus…

…Azalea if you prefer) viscosum is out below the Gunnera on the top ride. The pure white form is not. Rhododendron (or Azalea if you prefer) viscosum Rhododendron (or Azalea…

…very good effort by the team. Burncoose stand Azalea viscosum on the stand. Some forms are pinker than this. Azalea viscosum Azalea viscosum Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ just coming out….

…shy flowerer. This is a near white form unlike the pink one in the garden. Azalea viscosum Azalea viscosum 2016 – CHW In the nursery again photographing new plants for…

…starting to flower again. I had forgotten these too. Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum Trying out the new camera today. Hard to focus!The deciduous but rare Rhododendron weyrichii has popped open…

…ramosissima Rhododendron viscosum x ‘Midsummer Mermaid Blue’ flowering nicely with bluish new growth. A Glendoick cross planted in 2017. Rhododendron viscosum x ‘Midsummer Mermaid Blue’ Rhododendron viscosum x ‘Midsummer Mermaid…

…into flower than the others we have seen over the last month. Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum A ‘spear thistle’ (Cirsium vulgare) nearby with butterflies which were feeding so intensively that…

…Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum A few odd seeds show up from last October’s flowers on Schima khasiana. A bit like small figs. The seasons are a bit the wrong way…

…pulchra I have just missed the pink form of Rhododendron viscosum flowering away in Old Park. A big clump which it was a surprise to find last year. One for…

…year. Quite attractive bark too. x Sycoparrotia semidecidua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua A clump of nine Rhododendron viscosum placed out below the drive at Four…

…loricata. Buddleja loricata Buddleja loricata Beside the garden entrance the white form of Rhododendron viscosum. The pink form is in Old Park on the top ride below the gunnera. Gorgeous…

…Burncoose stand with flowers. Huodendron tibeticum Azalea viscosum. Azalea viscosum 2022 – CHW Nursery day today – warm but welcome rain overnight. A huge clump of Lupinus ‘Manhattan Lights’. Lupinus…

…new 2021 clump of 10 Rhododendron viscosum below 4-in-Hands has also seen 6 of the plants in the fullest sun succumb to the summer heat. A good clump of early…

…‘Hotspur Red’ A fine clump of Rhododendron canescens hidden away in the back of the drive. I did wonder if these were Rhododendron viscosum but think not because of the…

…darker in colour and not as large. Often confused with Rhododendron viscosum which flowers rather later in the year and is also a US species. An interesting visit followed by…