20th May

…This one is ‘Ming Pyong’ and the centre of the flowers are certainly a paler pink. ‘Ming Pyong’ The Iris sibirica ‘Fran’s Gold’ is looking good at Chelsea for the…

12th July

…this heatwave. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ can be blue or pink. Reliable flowerer. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ – silly name but good variety. Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Selina’ –…

28th November

…still flowerless but loads of bud. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ A few secondary flowers on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ as is normal at this time of year. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’…

15th December

…which has mottled pink flowers or pink blotches and a nice scent. This is not out yet but John Bond, former keeper of the gardens at Windsor, said this is…

7th December

…and CHW in the garden. Nice lot of November Pink and Nobleanum begins. 1966 – FJW Peter saw two deer in the Church Town Field. November Pink out some which…

30th November

…for the winter. Gunnera manicata Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’. Camellia sasanqua versicolor Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’. Camellia sasanqua versicolor Jaimie’s new toy for leaf…

16th August

…Delight’ beside the castle remains. Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ 2020 – CHW Still in Daphne’s garden but with more reality as of today. Aconitum ‘Spark’s Variety’ is splendid…

23rd November

…of Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. He wondered if it was Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ but its too dark a pink in colour. The leaf and habit is also all wrong…

9th October

…to collect. Magnolia grandiflora – an unripe pod which will never set seed in our climate. Magnolia grandiflora Unripe seeds on Styrax japonica ‘Pink Chimes’. Styrax japonica ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax…

23rd October

…flowers but is a new one to us from Stervinou nurseries in France. Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall Pink’ Camellia japonica ‘Shin-Akebono’ also out rather early. Camellia japonica…

13th October

…showing on Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Secondary flowers on Rhododendron impeditum ‘J. C. Williams’. Rhododendron impeditum ‘J. C. Williams’ 2022 – CHW Second cut…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…Camellia japonica ‘Pink Chiffon’ Camellia japonica ‘Pink Chiffon’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Taylor’s Perfection’ – a bit like ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ as the…

RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…hellebores and, unlike others, was totally undamaged. One to get into our catalogue. Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Trillium chloropetalum is not one we stock but…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…rigida Magnolia maudiae var. platypetala just coming out. Magnolia maudiae platypetala Betula albosinensis ‘Pink Champagne’ growing in a clump below the ponds. Betula albosinensis ‘Pink Champagne’ Betula albosinensis ‘Pink Champagne’…

1st January 1897 – 2020

Pink’ by Georges Hut. Totally defoliated but quite unhurt in the March 2018 ‘Beast’. Lovely orangy indumentum here too. ‘Touch of Pink’ is a doltsopa hybrid with (I guess) Michelia…

8th January 1897- 2020

…Rhododendron moorii in bud and just coming out. The pink tinge suggests it may be a slight hybrid but it is part of a large clump of which the remainder…

12th February 1897 – 2020

…Red’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica…

13th February 1897 – 2020

…pretty decent tall growing rhododendron so who cares! pink decorum x FJW rookery hybrid pink decorum x FJW rookery hybrid The rhodo cross and the magnolia together today in the…

27th March 1897 – 2020

…Michelia year Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ (it is purple really) stands out. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ At last a young Magnolia nitida which is getting away…

21st March 1897 – 2020

…an amazing climbing hydrangea from Tregrehan with pink flowers which were red in bud – Hydrangea serratifolia x peruviana. I took Michelia doltsopa, M. doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’, M. ‘Mixed up…