…up on Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Camellia lutchuensis just coming out but no scent in the winds today. Camellia lutchuensis Camellia pitardii with its first flowers out for…

…lutchuensis Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ incredibly scented and absolutely perfect today. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ An odd red rhododendron flowering out of season on just one branch. red rhododendron…

…Flamingo’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ 2015 – CHW Ilex perado ‘Perado’ from the Canary Isles has been spread around the garden by birds feeding…

…tschonoskii Carpinus tschonoskii Another Carpinus orientalis. Carpinus orientalis Carpinus orientalis Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ also suffering from drought until last Wednesday and Friday’s torrential rain. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ Carpinus…

…Magnolia dealbata Lomatia tinctoria had a few seeds but they have shed and we have missed them. Lomatia tinctoria A perfect flower on Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Another…

…the sales point in a cold spot but flowering well. Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’ Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’ Carpinus polyneura with reddish secondary new growth. Carpinus polyneura Carpinus orientalis with plenty too…

…worth propagating. Podocarpus ‘Chameleon’ Podocarpus ‘Chocolate Box’ is a rockery plant really. Two casualties out of five planted. Podocarpus ‘Chocolate Box’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ doing little red or emberish at…

…missing decent autumn colour pictures of Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ on the Burncoose website. Hilliers states ‘striking shades of bright red and orange’. What I am seeing is hardly this…

…excellent today. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ 2019 – CHW Old Park was well worth a post Chelsea catch up visit. Rhododendron (Azalea) atlanticum (nearly over)…

…on to Tregothnan. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood Red’ has always been one of the highlights of Tregothnan in March. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood Red’ Jonathan Jones marshalling us on the Bowling Green….