…Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp. xanthocodon Concatenans Group. They have been out for at least 6 weeks. About as long as the silly name for what used to be just Rhododendron concatenans….

…only place we have for this number of plants is at the bottom of the Kitchen Garden. magnolia hybrids from Germany A small leaved Cornish elm (Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia)…

…of side shoots from the base. Oreopanax incisus Oreopanax incisus 2019 – CHW A wonderful photograph in Jim Gardiner’s Christmas card: This is a picture of Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata…

…‘Lu Shan’ Delighted to discover a nice clump of three youngish Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi by Georges Hut. Just one flower left. The original plant is on its last legs…

…unigemmata Woodwardia unigemmata Sorbus zahlbruckneri with small crab apple like fruits. Sorbus zahlbruckneri Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii (what a mouthful!) acquired from Pan-Global Plants. Ilex fargesii (wild collected)…

…at Donkey Shoe. Clethra fabri Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor in the main quarry full out. Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor The best of the surviving forms of Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ on…

…pyramidata The usual secondary flush of flowers on Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp. xanthocodon Concatenans Group. What a mouthfall of a name. It was once just Rh. concatenans! Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp. xanthocodon…

…dawsoniana. Magnolia dawsoniana Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta still has good colour three months after it first came out. Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta 2020 – CHW The first frosty morning for…

…Orchid House Nursery with its unusually huge flower trusses compared to Rhododendron maddenii subsp. crassum or Rhododendron polyandrum which flower earlier. Well worth Asia taking cuttings in a month or…

…and Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’. I therefore believe, based on the colours seen here, that M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ is therefore actually a chance or deliberate cross and not…