4th April

…our last blood red arboreum in the pheasant pen nearby but a tree has just hit it. white Rhododendron arboreum white Rhododendron arboreum white Rhododendron arboreum white Rhododendron arboreum Betula…

20th February 1897 – 2020

…the plants on Bond Street which are pink as they should be, this looks like the true Blood Red arboreum. Blood Red arboreum Blood Red arboreum A Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

31st March

…frosted. I vaguely remember planting these here 40 plus years ago with Philip. a form of Rhododendron arboreum a form of Rhododendron arboreum a form of Rhododendron arboreum a form…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…Rosemoor and asked me if it was ‘Blood Red’ arboreum. The judges agreed and first prize in its class. Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum Above it the three huge original plants…

9th March

…the greenhouse are partly out. Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum Acacia melanoxylon is now just out above the wall. One tree is and one is yet to come out….

7th April

…Donkey Shoe Jaimie was worried that we had lots this! I see a huge plant below Hovel Cart Road as well today. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir…

26th March 1897 – 2020

…King’ Rhododendron arboreum (pink form) by the greenhouses in a huge mature clump. Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum Attractive new growth on Salix moupinense. Salix moupinense Salix moupinense A few lower…

4th February

…a self-sown seedling? Very early which is why I suspect none of us have really clocked it before. arboreum hybrid arboreum hybrid arboreum hybrid View 4th February 1897 – 2020…

30th March

…Pompom’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ with its huge near white flowers. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ The huge white Rhododendron arboreum above the Playhouse are at their best even though…

26th April

…ago. Rhododendron arboreum variety Rhododendron arboreum variety Rhododendron arboreum variety Enkianthus serrulatus now full out. Enkianthus serrulatus Primroses have seeded into the decaying base and trunk of an elderly magnolia….

24th January 1897 – 2020

…scabrifolium, neriiflorum, Indicaforma, Dahuricum semperivens, longistylum, keiskii, argenteum, sutchuenense, Pink arboreum, Blood red Arboreum. 1898 – JCW Picked a seedling Maximus fully open, several Minor open. 1897 – JCW Ice…

3rd February

…flowers blown open on the 1912 planted Magnolia campbellii. Magnolia campbellii Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum already full out. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum First flowering of a young Polyspora on Rookery…

17th February

…on a Rhododendron arboreum hybrid. Rhododendron arboreum hybrid Rhododendron arboreum hybrid Rhododendron arboreum hybrid Styrax japonicus is quickly a suckering clump if the roots get to the surface. Styrax japonicus…

15th March

…Tregunna’. Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Rhododendron arboreum ssp. zaylanicum (?) tucked away in the former nursery bed by Donkey Shoe. Rhododendron arboreum ssp. zaylanicum (?) Rhododendron arboreum ssp….

5th April

…is rain battered but Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ is just coming out beside it. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Tony Schilling’ Buds showing up already on Magnolia tamaulipana. They would normally not…

15th April

…Group’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ can be a sparse flowerer but not here. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ A more conventionally coloured Rhododendron sinogrande – a massive truss. Rhododendron…

19th April

…books but strong and dense indumentum on the undersides of the leaf as here. If there were no flower Sir Charles it would be! Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron cinnabarinum…

24th April

…I thought I would share them with you. On 25 August 1965 3 cuttings each of Rhododendron calophytum, R. sutchuenense, R. orbiculare, R. falconeri and R. arboreum (white) were sent…

4th September

…attached. Able Seaman Reed Able Seaman Reed 2023 – CHW I have nearly missed Rhododendron emarginatum (CW & T6278). Rhododendron emarginatum (CW & T6278) A young Rhododendron arboreum dying after…

23rd October

…Oxydendrum arboreum in the sunlight. One of the very best performers. Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum Parrotia persica ‘Persian Spire’ had absolutely breathtaking autumn colours too with the unusual…