…They had a power cut so entrance half price at £4.00, the tearooms shut and the fountain display (bigger than the butterfly bit) rather dull.The butterfly bit was ‘hot’ so…

…reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ – not a million miles away from ‘Captain Rawes’. Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ Camellia reticulata ‘Curtain Call’ Camellia reticulata…

…‘Madame Butterfly’ at its best on Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Styrax wuyuanensis at its absolute best but a bit…

…a ‘blue’ flower as M. ‘Woodsman’ and M. ‘Patriot’ which was out a month earlier. Odd and different! Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Philadelphus satsuma (BSWJ 11004)…

…Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ A pure white evergreen azalea flowering today by Georges Hut. The leaves do not look like it has Azalea indica parentage. evergreen…

…have bothered to visit the sauna that was Butterfly World with its associated garden centre. A quick glance at the size of the brambles in the hedges around the car…

…elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Hattie Carthan’ is just coming out. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Hattie Carthan’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Hattie Carthan’ Our old favourite Rhododendron…

…once grew it in his coastal garden. It is dead there now from the 2012 cold winter I believe. Podocarpus ‘Blue Gem’ Podocarpus ‘Blue Gem’ The last few flowers on…

…‘Opal’ – nice flower but poor foliage as yet. Pulmonaria ‘Opal’ Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ – a startling blue for February. Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ The telehandler unloads a lorry – a…

…to the wind. Pittosporum dallii Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ growing (unlike ours) in a windy position. Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ The long line of Restios overlooks the coastline. We seldom…