…is now about 3 feet tall and plastered in flower. Daphne x transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’ Daphne x transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’ A wild daffodil which the pheasants have only half eaten…

…x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ First Rhododendron loderi to flower this year…

…paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ is not very pink really – more creamy-green. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Fruits on Crataegus…

…& Fragrance’. An upright flower unlike the M. x wieseneri ‘Aashild Kalleberg’ which we saw yesterday. Magnolia x wieseneri ‘Charm & Fragrance’ Magnolia x wieseneri ‘Charm & Fragrance’ Swallows in…

…Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ living up to its name. Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ 2021 – CHW A late afternoon garden tour with Tom Hudson to look at forms of…

…if few will realise that it is there. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ and Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia Purpurea’. Ross has completed the new…

…River’ is finally out but I have missed the gentle pink hue it first is. Paeonia ‘Moon River’ Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ is a dwarfish pink with a good purple flower….

…‘Ian’s Red’ Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ and it really was despite the first two flowers being battered by wind. Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ Magnolia ‘Vairano’ is an excellent thing!…

…Rhododendron ‘Rabatz’ Rhododendron edgeworthii – pink form – one survivor from three planted by Georges Hut. Looks quite like our own hybrid, ‘Berts Own’. Rhododendron edgeworthii – pink form A…

…on Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Werrington’ (a gifted plant from one of the original ‘Lanarth’ wild collected seedlings) now nicely out. Magnolia…

…CHW An unexpected early drought casualty is Calycanthus ‘Athens’. Calycanthus ‘Athens’   Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ is struggling into flower and may well die before it does. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar…

…only really has a hint of pink in bud and you have to strain your eyes to see the pink in the tepals after that. Magnolia ‘Pink Kobus’ Acer palmatum…

…good show and very pretty. Prunus ‘Matsumae-hanagasa’ (syn ‘Pink Parasol’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-hanagasa’ (syn ‘Pink Parasol’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-hanagasa’ (syn ‘Pink Parasol’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-beni-murasaki’ (syn ‘Candy Floss’) rather less spectacular but will…

…Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Prettycoat’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ was the only one properly out on Hovel Cart Road. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ looking good. Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Sorbus megalocarpa about…

…pink on Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’. Pinkish buds and occasionally one part of the starshaped flowers is pink. Camellia ‘Kitty’ on Burns Bank is still laden with flower in late…

…red. evergreen azalea clump evergreen azalea clump As far as I can pin this old clump to a name it is Azalea ‘Pink Delight’. Azalea ‘Pink Delight’ Azalea ‘Pink Delight’…

…zenii ‘Pink Parchment’). Just a hint of pink in the bud before it opens a conventional white. Battered in the wind I fear. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Cloud’ Magnolia x…

…fargesii Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ has very variable flowers as they open fully. Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ about to open. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Camellia reticulate ‘Dr…

…‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ (Magnolia ‘Galaxy’ x Magnolia ‘Toro’) flowering properly for the first time. Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’…

…Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ which is a much larger and pinker flower than ‘Pink Showers’ seen yesterday. Dark leaves too of course. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ Stewartia x henryae with…