…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…

…– a Loder bred variety “Everards’s Delight” “Everards’s Delight” ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Bonanza’ – the best red we saw ‘Bonanza’ ‘Bonanza’…

…roof water into the new tank. Then we are better prepared for the next drought. Tin Garden water tank A wasps nest in the Barn Owl box in Tin Garden….

…now over and shedding petals furiously as the wind gets up. A short and sweet flowering season. Camellia sasanqua which suddenly flowered 10 days ago Camellia sasanqua which suddenly flowered…

…Lapageria rosea Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua (white form) out together again! Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua Forsythia turning yellow then red by the gents loos. Forsythia Sorbus…

…Several Rhododendron ‘Cornish Reds’ with plenty of secondary flower. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Reds’ Camellia ‘Gay Border’ and wasps in the sun and showers. Camellia ‘Gay Border’ Camellia ‘Gay Border’ Camellia ‘Gay…

…an excellent reddish show and, I think, earlier than usual. Stewartia monadelpha Quercus frainetto does not have autumn colour with us. Quercus frainetto Neither does Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla. Its…

…The snake bark stems on Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ are outstanding. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Various Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise’ varieties on Burns Bank are still at their best and covered…

…which I have not seen before here. Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Crataegus calpodendron with orange-red pear shaped fruits appearing for the first time here. A US and Canadian native with…

…Hesperantha coccinea ‘Pink Princess’ is nearly white in reality. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Pink Princess’ Correa ‘Marian’s Marvel’ full out on top of a wall by the old packing shed. Correa ‘Marian’s…

…of Camellia japonica ‘Adeyaka’ in what is perhaps its second flowering is a standout red. Camellia japonica ‘Adeyaka’ Camellia japonica ‘Adeyaka’ Camellia japonica ‘Adeyaka’ Camellia japonica ‘Italiana Vera’: also with…

…sasanqua ‘Minato-No-Akebono’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Minato-No-Akebono’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Voimao’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Voimao’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Bonanza’ is going to be one of the very best sasanqua red varieties but still a small…

…bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna First ever flowers on a magnolia labelled ‘Mazara’. This may be…

…furry and rather tropical looking leaves An unnamed Callicarpa species with red undersides to the leaves. unnamed Callicarpa species with red undersides to the leaves unnamed Callicarpa species with red…

…Very red leaves which may or may not hold through the winter. unnamed Eriobotrya unnamed Eriobotrya Turpinia formosana – a gift from the Taiwan Forestry Institute. It would seem Asia…

…longicarpa WWJ 11604 Polyspora longicarpa WWJ 11604 Jaimie and the team have started work on trimming back the laurel hedge along from Rogers Quarry. Just before he retired, some four…

…No daffs in the Tin Garden, Irroratum, Moupinense, blood red Arboreum and blood red [?] show flower, Barbatum open and Scabrifolium is very good, also several Primroses are open and…

…cash point. This variety is a sport of ‘Betty Sheffield’ which is pure white! ‘Betty Sheffield Supreme’ has red frills so we appear to have propagated a branch that has…

…coming out in the Auklandii Garden. How do you describe this colour in words? Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ is now full out in…

…trying to write to all our shooting clients asking if they are prepared to honour their shooting deposits due (mainly) on 1st June. If they will not then they leave…