…quickly on the flower. Camellia ‘Debutante’ Camellia ‘Debutante’ Camellia ‘Lady Saumarez’ here, in full sun, has yellowish foliage. Camellia ‘Lady Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Lady Saumarez’ Looking at 50 different camellias in…

…Camellia ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ – rather early Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ 2021 – CHW Sarcococca ruscifolia with berries…

…Saumarez’. Camellia japonica ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Cutting back the big old clumps of Rhododendron davidsonianum above LQN. They have finished flowering but not yet set seed or new growth so…

…trees: After seeing the video about Camellia sasanqua at Caerhays, Owen Johnson sends this message: Charles might be interested in two tree-sized Camellia sasanqua at Saumarez Park on Guernsey (now…

…‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Nuccios Ruby’ – just one flower. Camellia reticulata ‘Nuccios Ruby’ Camellia reticulata ‘Butterfly Wings’…

…x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ which is now called ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ or so I read in the Eisenhut book. ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x…

…flower too in the nursery:‘Shady Lady White’ TELOPEA ‘Shady Lady White’ TELOPEA ‘Shady Lady White’ ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ TELOPEA ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ TELOPEA ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ speciosissima TELOPEA speciosissima Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’…

…soon burn in the sun. Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ – purplish at first fading to pinkish-red here. This is an enormous clump…

…the Hillier Arboretum with David Jewell. happy gathering The Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium reginae) has been planted near the entrance to the Aucklandii Garden in full shade. A welcome gift…

…and now looks a bit battered by the heavy rains of late. Camellia saluenensis First flower on the ancient Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ by the front door. Camellia japonica ‘Lady…

…the nursery today:Ribes speciosum Ribes speciosum Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Calothamnus quadrifidus – first flowers ever with us on the ‘one sided bottlebrush’. Calothamnus quadrifidus Our…

…next spring. Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Likewise some young Rhododendron burmanicum. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum I peeled the bark off an elderly Betula albosinensis to…

…be Lady Alice! Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ The Fuchsia exorticatica growing beside the front door Lady Alice is flowering more profusely than I have ever seen it. There were flowers…

…nice new entry in the catalogue one day. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ 2015 – CHW A plant in the Higher Quarry Nursery has been another…

…into flowering is quite revealing as to which are the best value overall. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ is just turning. Splendid! Hydrangea…

…removed from the insipid first flowers I photographed four to six weeks ago. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ There used to be two…

…Clare’ which was in the teeth of the east wind. The wonders of spring! Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Likewise on the Camellia x Williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’. Camellia x…

…Lady’ Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claret’ – a plant I have always wanted to try but rockery really. Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claret’ 2021 – CHW A pity the styrax/stewartia…

…is probably too old for that now anyway. A bit of dung around the roots would help. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 2015 – CHW Magnolia ‘Strybing White’ Following…

…x thompsonii) Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Wonderful peeling park on this young Stewartia sinensis planted in 2008. Useful for my forthcoming stewartia article. Stewartia sinensis…