10th December

…the other way around. ‘Winton’ is a light pink and ‘Cornish Snow’ a pure white. I prefer the white! Alongside ‘Winton’, quite literally, and totally unknown previously to me, is…

28th November

…below White Styles All now planted and wired up with deer and rabbit protection. wired up This should one day make a fine show for visitors walking on to Old…

19th November

…mild weather is over soon. Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ covered in semi-double, pure white, flowers. It has performed in winter before but never this well. Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ Flowers now well…

14th November

…Mahonia japonica White cyclamen on the lawn under the yew trees. Is there a pure white form of the autumn flowering Cyclamen hederifolium? Assume so. White cyclamen 1981 – FJW…

13th August

…‘Joseph Banks’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’. Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and…

10th August

…flower on a young Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Diospyros cathayensis growing…

26th October

…kaki Diospyros kaki Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ below White Styles. Only planted in 2021 but already making an impact. Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ is extremely well budded for…

28th January

…of undamaged flowers at the very top of Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ The bark of Styrax serrulatus showing up well today. Very typical twisting and colouration…

29th October

…effort. Stewartia pseudocamellia 2017 – CHW Good yellow colouring on Halesia carolina above the Auklandii Garden. Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Also on Cornus ‘Eddies White Wonder’ nearby. Cornus ‘Eddies White

6th October

…the new leaves. Camellia hongkongensis Camellia hongkongensis Camellia hongkongensis The true Camellia granthamiana. Our Caerhays (white) and Burncoose (pink) plants are clearly not the true species with huge white egg…

17th October

…and looking well even if it probably is tenderish. Another plant doing well in Tin Garden. Callicarpa psilocalyx Callicarpa psilocalyx Callicarpa psilocalyx The start of the new planting in the…

23rd January

…campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ The lower down buds still have both outer casings. The second photograph shows one bud frosted. buds Tetrapanax papyrifera…

5th March 1897 – 2020

…are indeed a good yellow as they open but quickly fade to pure white. The New Zealand Magnolia ‘Strybing White’ also has greenish-yellow outer tepals but these flop and droop…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 3)

…could grow this outside in Northern Ireland? Metrosideros excelsa Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ isn’t completely white. Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ The best clump of Rhododendron arizelum that I have ever seen. Rhododendron…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…JCW Nothing of the above except an odd white crocus. 1897 – JCW Prunus pissardi opens, N maximus, Golden Spur, Cernuus, several trumpets at Tregony, white crocus here, nanus seedlings….

10th March 1897 – 2020

…a flower. This is Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Amabilis’ x Magnolia ‘Mark Jury’. Planted 2015. Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ – nice white

17th March 1897 – 2020

…species and 10 named hybrids. Hopefully lots of fun checking their identities in the future and checking on misnaming or plants with different names which turn out to be the…

24th February 1897 – 2020

…azalea Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ just coming out. Some light pink in the bud opening white. Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ The view from the drive over to Giddle Orchard and…

20th September

…now on the lawn. giant mushroom The first Camellia sasanqua is now full out. Camellia sasanqua The second (white) one has plenty of bud but is still some way off….

6th March 1897 – 2020

…under the leaf suggests a white form of Rhododendron arboreum. Perhaps not quite pure and out a bit early for arboreum perhaps but one hell of an advert for rhododendrons…