…The record sized Camellia x williamsii outside the front arch is now well out. Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii 2022 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ now nearing…

…arch magnolias through the arch magnolias through the arch Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ is nearly full out beneath them as well. Not just the odd few early flowers as we have come…

…in and covered in ivy. This week the problem was sorted out. Battery Walk Arch Battery Walk Arch Battery Walk Arch Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ at its best by the garden entrance….

…March. Showery but not too bad. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ outside the front gate. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ First flowers on Magnolia dawsoniana creeping out a month early. Magnolia dawsoniana Jaimie’s Magnolia…

…year and in the years since we have lived here. Never quite as early as this though. magnolia through the arch magnolia through the arch Just two or three flowers…

…arch The sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ outside the arch is at its best. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) full out on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’…

…Derrecks Wood The arch in Battery Walk is now finished with just a bit of fencing remaining. arch in Battery Walk arch in Battery Walk The Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ near the…

…View through the arch Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has the first few flowers out by the arch. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ in the Auklandii Garden…

…the top of a clump of camellias. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ One day on for the magnolias through the arch. magnolias through the arch The New Zealand ‘Lanarth’ closer to. ‘Lanarth’ Camellia…

…next spring. laurel hedge laurel hedge Rhododendron ‘Lems Monarch’ is just coming out where I parked the car as ankles still too swollen to walk properly. Rhododendron ‘Lems Monarch’ 2015…