…magnolias all re-potted and tidied up for winter. magnolias The site is cleared for the new multi span glasshouse and two threatening trees have gone. site The camellia tunnel now…

…their leaves long into winter. magnolia shoot split Still plenty of secondary flowers on Rhododendron decorum in November! Rhododendron decorum A surprise early (single as yet) flower on Camellia japonica…

…aff. henryi (BSWJ 11782) has made good growth too. Rhodoleia aff. henryi A nice young plant of Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ with a nearly intact flower. Several of these ‘Winter’s…

…greenhouses has taken some minor frost damage but, in reality, very little. When I was a child a large Metrosideros grew exactly here but it died in a cold winter…

…is a glorious dark red and much darker than the nearby Rhododendron nobleanum which is one of the parents in my father’s original cross. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’…

…delavayi still in flower. Ours now with ripe seeds. Euonymus myrianthus Having said all that I was surprised at how few camellias have burst into flower in the mild winter….

…Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ still has colour at the Red Linney. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Rhododendron ‘Winter…

…CHW A little rain but only enough to dry the dust. It however smells fresher. A quest to see which other Manglietias are out. Polyspora knocked back by winter frost…

…fine plant now. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Not sure what this multi-stemmed sorbus is either but there is a clump of four below Slip Rail. Another…

…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 has already taken cuttings!…