…but hardy and a good garden plant. Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ – plastered in flower. Almost a rockery plant (aureum x hanceanum). Caerhays…

…Road. Perhaps Narcissus x intermedius? narcissus Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ – blue and yellow work well together here. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Metasequoia glyptostroboides…

…least upright growing. Halesia macgregori Halesia macgregori The huge Eucryphia nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ has a few flowers out but mainly still in bud. Eucryphia nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia nymansensis…

…Rhododendron davidsonianum in various colours. Rhododendron davidsonianum Rhododendron davidsonianum First flowers out on Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ The best camellia in the garden today is Camellia…

…Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ disliked being outside even in the mildest winter but is flowering again even if the leaves are not very pretty. Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ Firmania simplex in the…

…garden). We had a beauty last night with flagpoles rattling and lots of rain and noise in ‘sunny’ Seaview. No sign of the ‘yachties’ early on this morning as the…

…evergreen. Quercus monimotricha Quercus monimotricha The last flower on Rhododendron excellans (KR 3095) planted in 2002 below Tin Garden. (See my earlier comments on excellans vs nuttallii now being considered…

…Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ – plastered, but not my colour. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ – Millais. Shy flowerer. Looked better…

…sasanqua collection. A month earlier in the year than my last visit. Nearly all the plants in the collection were flowering but none were flowering heavily or in profusion (as…

…mind and as now planted here. Deutzia longifolia First flowers on Rhododendron [?]. Rhododendron [?] Rhododendron klossii (T6346) planted in 2012 from Tom Hudson (not in the Pocket Guide to…