…to flower. Magnolia ‘Joli Pompom’ Magnolia ‘Joli Pompom’ Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ full out. The flowers are truly enormous but not so different from Camellia ‘R L Wheeler’. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’…

…Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’ with a decent flower. Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ and Magnolia ‘Frank’s Masterpiece’. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ and Magnolia ‘Frank’s Masterpiece’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’…

…better than we have or we may sell them one day.Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’ Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’ Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’ Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’ Rosa ‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Happy…

…bush which does not look much like a sasanqua. Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia cuspidata just out in Rookery. Not many flowers…

…Another name change after a lifetime of calling it something different. Platanus x acerifolia Camellia ‘Show Girl’ is full out and rather good despite the recent weather. Camellia ‘Show Girl’…

…variety is not a wall shrub. Chaenomales ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomales ‘Geisha Girl’ The rhododendron planting outside the front gate is now complete. Six large leafed sutchuanense hybrids, two ‘Moonstone’, three…

…Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Symphoricarpos albus has clusters of white ‘snowberries’ on the lawn although in full shade here. My mother made us dig these up as children but…

…Karol manages to bust a couple with the hammer. Camellia ‘Show Girl’ was nice on Rookery Path. Another new one to us. Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ These are…

…not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron russatum in the Rockery….

…Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Torrential rain has again badly flooded the water meadows and lake. The three islands are virtually under water with just the pampas showing. The…