8th November

…so ago. Perhaps Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ is however the best single dark red? Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ 2017 – CHW Amazingly, and…

11th November

…heimalis ‘Dazzler’ above the Orchid House Nursery. Camellia heimalis ‘Dazzler’ Camellia heimalis ‘Dazzler’ A cut flower of Camellia ‘Dazzler’ alongside Camellia heimalis ‘Sparkling Burgundy’. Camellia heimalis ‘Dazzler’ Camellia heimalis ‘Dazzler’…

17th November

…Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Dazzler’ – excellent ‘Dazzler‘Dazzler‘Dazzler’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ – another Loder one ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson King’…

14th November

…Mahonia japonica White cyclamen on the lawn under the yew trees. Is there a pure white form of the autumn flowering Cyclamen hederifolium? Assume so. White cyclamen 1981 – FJW…

4th October

…‘Oregon Sunset’ Hesperantha ‘Oregon Sunset’ Camellia ‘Dazzler’ now full out. Other Camellia sasanquas out today included ‘Hugh Evans’. Camellia ‘Dazzler’ Camellia ‘Dazzler’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ with its attractively mottled…

14th December

…hiemalis ‘Dazzler’ Camellia x hiemalis ‘Dazzler’ The record tree Camellia x williamsii which is not named is just out at the very top. Say 30ft up. Quite a bit later…

21st December

…rabbit protection. Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’ Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’ Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’ Camellia hiemalis ‘Dazzler’ now full out and an excellent red ‘sasasanqua’. Camellia hiemalis ‘Dazzler’ Camellia hiemalis ‘Dazzler’ 2018 –…

24th September

…communis subsp. tarentina Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ just out in a tunnel. Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ 2022 – CHW More work in the greenhouse frames sorting out piles of plants to plant…

1st November

…house. Sadly Kerry Burns died recently Narcissii already emerging. The prostrate growing Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall White’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall White’ I have looked every day but only now does the…

16th August

…urvilleana. – Senna corymbose. – Clethra alnifolia. Tibouchina urvilleana Senna corymbose Clethra alnifolia Surprised to see choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’ in flower. choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’ Clearance work…

19th October

…First poor flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ 2021 – CHW Nyssa leptophylla with the odd bright red leaf so far and the customary deer nibbling lower down….

1st April

…x Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia maudiae. Michelia maudiae Michelia ‘Fairy White’. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia cavalieri. Michelia cavaleriei Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa 2022 – CHW Rhododendron…

26th April

…forwarding to Adrian Agley re dead New Zealand acers)Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ now full out in all its glory. Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Sorbus wardii in…

12th April

…One of the last of the New Zealanders to do so. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ RJW and Isla inspect Magnolia ‘Fairy White’. Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Pink Champagne’…

30th April

…out. Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia foggii or Magnolia laevigata ‘White Caviar’. The label isn’t clear but the flowers are not M. foggii or white!? Magnolia foggii or Magnolia laevigata ‘White

10th April

…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’…

16th October

…first flowers on the largest white Camellia sasanqua. largest white Camellia sasanqua The second, smaller, white Camellia sasanqua is further out. Two days ago nothing. smaller, white Camellia sasanqua smaller,…

28th October

white Camellia sasanqua by the side door. Camellia sasanqua Camellia vernalis ‘Yuletide’ now in flower outside as well as under cover at Burncoose. Camellia vernalis ‘Yuletide’ 2022 – CHW Camellia…

22nd November

…Plantation Isla Rose Plantation Two more good young plants of Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ above the Isla Rose. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ A clump of dead white Rhododendron arboreum due to come…

18th April

…Sprenger’ – pinkish in bud opening white. Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Louisa’ – drooping habit and a gentle pink. Malus ‘Louisa’ Malus ‘White Angel’ – top heavy with flower and…