…is new to us this year and our first sight of the pale pinkish flower spikes above the dark blackish leaves. Astilbe ‘Chocolate Fascination’ Astilbe ‘Chocolate Fascination’ Paeonia tenuifolia is…

…Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ which is a much larger and pinker flower than ‘Pink Showers’ seen yesterday. Dark leaves too of course. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’…

…kousa ‘Samaritan’ Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ Cornus kousa ‘Miss Petty’ has very dark green foliage and is also flowering well above Bond Street and below the old rubbish dump. Cornus kousa…

…growth on Schefflera rhododendrifolia. The plant is now 15 feet tall. Schefflera rhododendrifolia 2023 – CHW The very ancient dark red Azalea indica outside the front door. Azalea indica Below…

…in the spring. Rhododendron crassum The very late flowering Rhododendron ‘Mosers Maroon’ is still out. Great plant for crossing with its dark reddish flowers. Rhododendron ‘Mosers Maroon’ Rhododendron ‘Mosers Maroon’…

…out and very splendid. Not as dark in colour as the one at Ventnor above the tropical house. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group…

…our older Styrax japonicus and the leaves are slightly larger and darker green. The individual flowers are perhaps a little larger too but you would be pushed to separately identify…

…trace of ‘Lanarth’ colour here but the flower colour is quite different and far more ‘reddish dark pink’ (if that makes any sense). Smallish upright flowers too so perhaps a…