On tour in the Savill Garden after judging with lots of new things to see and admire. An especially fun tour with Jaimie and Michael who were being ‘naughty’!
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Magnolia salicifolia ‘Concolor’ – large flowers indeed for a salicifolia


Fatsia japonica ‘Spiders Web’ growing into maturity


Mahonia oiwakensis ssp lomariifolia var tenuifolia with fruits in the Temperate House


Mahonia gracilipes (Roy Lancaster collection) as a mature plant but again inside


Deutzia multiradiata (still inside) with huge flower heads



Araucaria bidwillii with very dense foliage but still indoors



Now outside the glasshouse again Magnolia ‘Columbus’ (parentage unknown and needs looking up)



Rhododendron ‘Rose Elf’ (racemosum x pemakoense) was very fine


Rhododendron oreodoxa var fargesii ‘Barto Rose’


Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ stood out among the hellebores and, unlike others, was totally undamaged. One to get into our catalogue.



Trillium chloropetalum is not one we stock but we ought to


Lomatia hirsuta from Chile and Argentina had survived the cold against a wall facing west

A gigantic multi-stemmed Stachyurus praecox



Rhododendron ‘Minaura’ (minus x dauricum) an extraordinary colour on a dull day


Ruscus hypophyllus – totally unknown to me but another must get plant!



Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ (sutchuanense x thompsonii)



Wonderful peeling park on this young Stewartia sinensis planted in 2008. Useful for my forthcoming stewartia article.


This was not quite Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ but the pheasant did not mind

A very fine Rhododendron arboreum var roseum



Camellia x williamsii ‘Philippa Forwood’





Rhododendron dendrocharis like ours in the Rockery



Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ – extremely fine peeling bark



Stewartia pseudocamellia bark splitting again for my article

