…castus Magnolia delavayi is flowering sparsely this year which is no great surprise after the drought. Can we expect a late autumn flush of new buds? Not by the looks…

…get a full flush of flowers. (M. ‘Mr Julian’ is a cross between M. sargentiana var. robusta and M. sprengeri ‘Diva’.) Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Placing out the 23 different Amelanchier species…

…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…

…find a nice surprise. Eriobotrya deflexa has enjoyed the warm and then wet summer and has produced a secondary flush of bright brownish red new growth every bit as good…

…when lifting the wheel chair. Very jolly lunch afterwards.Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ is already out in parts which is not that unusual but this is a real flush tempered by some hail…

…is full out. Pink in early bud with a pink flush on the outside of some of the many white flowers in the long panicles of flowers which cover the…

…flower as has the one at Burncoose. Manglietia decidua Manglietia decidua An unusual event! A full flush of light pink buds and flowers on the elderly quince (Chaenomales speciosa?) while…

…There are at least 20 mature magnolias in Old Park and this is the second (and best) flush after the early ones were blown away. Needless to say the camera…

…with a few leaves still on what may have once been a secondary flowering flush in September. Magnolia lilliflora ‘Nigra’ Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ is trying to come out four…

…on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ by the front door. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Noblissima’ beside it has a secondary or tertiary flush of flowers which are slightly wind damaged. It may…