…leucaspis full out by the greenhouse. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Asia’s cuttings of Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ have prospered. Now in 3L…

…and nearly over in just 10 days. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Nearby the pure Rhododendron edgeworthii is in a similar state. Note the larger and more…

…x leucaspis at its best. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Aucuba himalaica var. dolichrylla in full flower and quite extraordinary (from Roy Lancaster) by the playhouse. One…

…Rhododendron veitchianum Cubittii Group just coming out. Rhododendron veitchianum Cubittii Group Rhododendron veitchianum Cubittii Group Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis and Rhododendron augustinii together – scent beyond belief. Rhododendron edgeworthii x…

…over. A pleasant Easter Day in the sun. Rhododendron edgeworthii just out here and there. Rhododendron edgeworthii Rhododendron ‘Elsie Frye’ is virtually over. Rhododendron ‘Elsie Frye’ Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ is still…

…the planting plans. LINDERA aggregata LINDERA aggregata The pink form of RHODODENDRON edgeworthii The Pink form of RHODODENDRON edgeworthii A few newer rhododendrons catch the eye: The pink form of…

…entrance to the Auklandii Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis is in a good clump. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii…

…is full out above the greenhouse. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis The Styrax odoratissimus which we have always known as Styrax veitchiorum is…

…‘J.C. Williams’ Rhododendron edgeworthii. Rhododendron edgeworthii Rhododendron edgeworthii The secondary laurel hedge goes in beside Tin Garden where the big machine has cut back the laurel on the other side…

…not for the show. Little scent today because the cold has damaged the nectar at the base of some flowers as you can see. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii…

…x Rhododendron edgeworthii quite superb in the greenhouse. Rhododendron nuttallii x Rhododendron edgeworthii Rhododendron nuttallii x Rhododendron edgeworthii Bartlettiana sordida Bartlettiana sordida Tom’s tamarillo with tomato like fruit. tamarillo Magnolia…

…windblown casualty 10 years or so after planting. The roots appear rotten. A malus species. malus species A single rogue flower on Rhododendron edgeworthii. Rhododendron edgeworthii Astonishingly a letter from…

…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…

…‘Shin-Akebono’ Pachystegia insignis – another new plant for 2021. Pachystegia insignis Rhododendron edgeworthii with a couple of flowers. Rhododendron edgeworthii Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Perle Rose’ in full flower. Ceanothus x…

…lindleyi, Rhododendron edgeworthii and Rhododendron ‘Praecox’. The Burncoose garden is looking great and we plot clearance of the area around the two huge beech trees which fell in the winter….

…‘Anne Teese’. I need to look up parentage but what a plant! Compared to Rhododendron ‘Princess Alice’ or Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis lower down Burns Bank these are second eleven….

…JCW Picked my first pod of seed ripe, Triandrus indoors, Charles found some pink and some white May open. I found Heterocycla throwing up several shoots. Dalhousii opened and Edgeworthii….

…pretty similar and both Rhododendron edgeworthii x Rhododendron formosum. The backdrop here is Fuchsia excorticata which has been in flower since mid-January. The Arum lilies are untouched by the winter…

…though one or two azalea are open. 1897 – JCW R edgeworthii at its best, also Azalea altaclarensis and mollis, a good few Iris siberica out. Poeticus Recurvus going back….

…you can hardly tell the difference and they are both Rhododendron edgeworthii x Rhododendron formosum crosses. Hugely scented and in perfect condition today. However everything we cut turned out to…