18th March

Baby’ just out. Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ flowering as well as I have ever seen it above the Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ The unnamed…

2nd April

…as I see it? Stupid name! ‘Gay Baby‘Gay Baby’ This wild collected Camellia pittardii has vigorous green shoots coming from the base but the top of the plant is…

31st October

…Several Rhododendron ‘Cornish Reds’ with plenty of secondary flower. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Reds’ Camellia ‘Gay Border’ and wasps in the sun and showers. Camellia ‘Gay Border’ Camellia ‘Gay Border’ Camellia ‘Gay

23rd November

…‘Narumigata’ to me. Nice enough today with perhaps slightly larger flowers than the other two and an upright habit. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay

21st March

…the felled sweet chestnut trunks have been dragged out and the mess on the path tidied up by Frankie. Old Park Old Park Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ just out rather later…

11th February

‘Gay Time’ on the drive. Camellia x williamsii ‘Gay Time’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Gay Time’ Wonderful bark and masses of flower on Rhododendron barbatum by the lodge. Rhododendron barbatum Rhododendron…

20th April

…to try. We used to grow Chorizema ilicifolia rather well but appear to have lost it. Greenhouse plants! Chorizema cordatum Chorizema cordatum Grevillea thelemanniana ‘Baby’. Ditto. Grevillea thelemanniana ‘Baby’ Grevillea…

16th October

…‘Golden Hornet’ Another new entry for the 2021 catalogue is Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ which is a small growing shrubby honeysuckle with (today) startling red fruits. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’…

8th November

…Soutehinho’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Sue’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Sue’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’ Camellia…

2nd November

…is dying. We need to cut out the damaged leader to prevent the infection travelling downwards. Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ First flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’. Camellia…