…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…

…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…

…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…

…Rhododendron ‘Maisie’ Camellia reticulata ‘Dream Castle’ measured beside Lizzie’s hand. Camellia reticulata ‘Dream Castle’ Caerhays bred Rhododendron Golden Oriole Group – ‘Talavera’. Rhododendron Golden Oriole Group – ‘Talavera’ Rhododendron Golden…

…but with cut bud and flowers I have determined that for registration the colour codes are as follows: In bud – Red Purple Group 70B – Strong Reddish Purple Full…

…is plastered in what are becoming yellow berries which will become pink tinged later on. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ The young Magnolia insignis which flowered so well in the summer…

…bungei on our stand. It hovered and lowered its tongue/proboscis into the flower. Clerodendron bungei Clerodendron bungei On the Crûg Farm stand: Roscoea purpurea f. rubra ‘Gurkha Red’ Roscoea purpurea…

…(New Zealand bred) FCC Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ (Charlie Michael retired as head gardener in 1955 and I suspect that this had never been exhibited for an award before)The recommendations from…

…from white to pink and then red. Weigela coraeensis Cotoneaster bullatus covered in berries which are already ripe by the KPK offices. Cotoneaster bullatus Cotoneaster bullatus Gigantic seed heads of…

…Mount Congreve 12 years ago, is now a compact shrub. Here it is covered with flower clusters of reddish male strobili. Hard to think of this as a conifer! The…

…‘Red Admiral’. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Another laurel hedge cut back before the start of the opening season. This one below Engine House. laurel hedge laurel hedge Flowers on Rhododendron ririei…

…seed heads and already dark red leaves. Euonymus oxyphyllus (BSWJ 10815) Viburnum hoanglienense covered in reddening seed heads. Viburnum hoanglienense First flowers showing colour on Schima superba. Cornus Schima superba…

…Sycopsis sinensis Sycopsis sinensis Helleborus ‘Red Lady’ just out. Helleborus ‘Red Lady’ Small Liquidambar styraciflua with just a few purple-red leaves remaining at the top of the plants. Liquidambar styraciflua…

…to plant 15 new German bred magnolias in Kitchen Garden. 15 new German bred magnolias They more of less full the bottom end of the Kitchen Garden above the Old…