…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…

…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…

…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…

…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’…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…mexicanum in full flower Illicium mexicanum Illicium mexicanum Rhododendron prostitum seedlings. Pink at first fading to near white. Rhododendron prostitum Rhododendron prostitum Rhododendron rireii – the best form I have…

…improved with age (Magnolia cylindrica ‘Pegasus’ x Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Sawada’s Pink’). Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ is one of Mike Robinson’s crosses named in 1999. Magnolia…

…white form (alongside the pink form) of Rhododendron irroratum. Rhododendron irroratum Rhododendron irroratum This sister seedling to the true Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ resides on the drive. It is a small…

…camellia etc. However, outside the front door on the bank, they are lovely! Lots of interbreeding from the cultivated forms in the former borders over the years so white, pinkish-mauve…

…and Magnolia ‘Todds Fortyniner’ is nearly over and putting on its first small leaves. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ This is the first flower on Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ which was a…

…sasanqua Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ just out. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Saw the last of the house martins today in a large moving pack over a field. They soon moved…

…the Chelsea Gold Medal. Justin with the large Gold Medal Outside the Members Tent at Royal Cornwall a perfect Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth Pink’ Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth Pink’ Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth…

…I go to have a look at Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ and, extraordinarily, there is a rogue flower open in early October. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ 2023 –…

…of Pink’ leafless (as normal) but still with decent flowers with the ‘touch’! Magnolia ‘Touch of Pink’ 2022 – CHW Meanwhile back at Caerhays Jaimie records the following which I…

…williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Camellia x williamsii ‘E.G. Waterhouse’ Camellia x williamsii ‘E.G. Waterhouse’ Camellia lutchuensis hybrid. Camellia lutchuensis hybrid Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) now full out on the Drive. Rhododendron…