23rd December

…Note the hints of darker pink as the flowers open. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ As usual, plenty of salmon-pink…

16th October

…Old Park where sasanquas once grew. Beatrice Fleur Williams christening plantation Beatrice Fleur Williams christening plantation Beatrice Fleur Williams christening plantation Beatrice Fleur Williams christening plantation Beatrice Fleur Williams christening…

10th January

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia saluenensis shedding flowers fast now. Camellia saluenensis Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ just starting to shed. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ 2021 – CHW…

14th July

…flag canon Buttonholes of Rhododendron maddenii and Magnolia virginiana. Buttonholes Buttonholes RJW and Beatrice. RJW and Beatrice The chief photographer gets into his swing. Karol! Karol! Isla in her party…

27th October

…Camellia japonica ‘Alba Simplex’ Camellia × williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’. Camellia × williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yelllow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yelllow’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’. Camellia…

6th December

…Aesculus wangii turning colour quickly now. Aesculus wangii Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ coming out fast by Tin…

17th January

…winter. Rehderodendron kwangtungense Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ now full out with many fallen flowers on the path as a results of the strong winds. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’…

9th January 1897- 2020

…conifer wood. Myrtus communis 2017 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ full out at Tin Garden but the flowers have been bruised by rain. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’…

28th November

…couple of young Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’. Polyspora longicarpa (WWJ 11604) Polyspora longicarpa (WWJ 11604) First flower on Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish…

19th December

…japonica ‘Italiana Vera’ just out. Camellia japonica ‘Italiana Vera’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ and Camellia saluenensis. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ and Camellia saluenensis A snakebark maple blown over…

30th December

…can now see after the last leaves have dropped. Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ with its first flowers. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ 2020 – CHW…

8th December

…williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ side by side. Camellia saluenensis and Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ The autumn tints on the leaves of Aesculus wangii. Not that exciting it has to be…

3rd December

…tonkinense First flower on the pale coloured Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Buds nearly open on Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s…

2nd December

…flower. Camellia japonica ‘White Swan’ Camellia japonica ‘White Swan’ First few flowers out on Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ 2022 – CHW The new and…

23rd November

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ out in flower very early indeed this year. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Nice, but not spectacular, autumn colour on Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’. Enkianthus campanulatus…

28th May

…hidden by the foliage but the smell drowns out whatever unpleasantness the wedding party left in here. Massacred camellia by Michael Massacred camellia by Michael Michael and the new gardener…

13th March

…beside the new magnolia. Isla and Jaimie Under a seedling Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ in Old Park. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Isla and Beatrice with the new magnolia bud. Isla and Beatrice All 4…

8th April

…‘Margaret Helen’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’. Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Michael receives 2 cups. Michael receives 2 cups Michael receive…

26th December

…little leaf drop. new magnolias Another hard pruned clump of Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’. The second time that has been pruned in its lifetime. Planted in the late 1960’s. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s…

8th February

…its dramatic branch arrangement. Juglans ailantifolia A Camellia saluenensis (seedling) across the path from Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’. Camellia saluenensis First flowers out on Rhododendron moulmainense but only high…