…Deutzia to give summer colour. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is the centrepiece with Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’, Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’, Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ and Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ included as well. A new…

…to the Beast, a fortnight later than last year.The New Zealand form of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ is a great colour against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Jaimie’s Rhododendron ‘Maisie’ has sprung…

…oreodoxa var fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var fargesii 2022 – CHW Another one of those truly great magnolia days with sun, at last no wind, and a blue sky. Jaimie discovers…

…no blue sky today to see it properly. Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ This is the second flowering of Jaimie’s latest magnolia hybrid. A cross between Magnolia campbellii and Magnolia ‘F J…

…the Stable Flat opposite the tree. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ The first Spanish bluebell seen in flower this year. Spanish bluebell Magnolia dawsoniana now just showing colour outside…

…but probably worth Asia propagating. Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ The first native bluebell I have seen (half) out. bluebell A few dullish new and rare conifers…

…Ghost’ 2019 – CHW Several nice new things to admire in the greenhouses. Abies forrestii var. georgei with its blue flower cones opening creamy white. Stout densely hairy shoots say…

…A fine Easter weekend. I saw the first bluebell in flower at Burncoose 3 days ago but it was raining and my camera does not like the rain!This is a…

…Spanish. bluebells bluebells A good clump of now wild (but once cultivated) pinkish bluebells. pinkish bluebells pinkish bluebells Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ just emerging into flower in the border opposite the front…

…‘Pink Crispy’ is not to everyone’s taste (this in St Austell Garden Centre). Photinia serrata ‘Pink Crispy’ Rehderodendron kwangtungense full out against a blue sky. Rehderodendron kwangtungense A new and…

…A former gift from Chip Luma of Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ (Abby Jury 2011). Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Rhododendron platypodum is…

…any variegated leaves but very blue buds. Magnolia acuminata ‘Variegata’ Rhododendron griffithianum full out. Sadly last year’s layers have been nibbled off by something – deer I assume. Rhododendron griffithianum…

…paniculata are plentiful again this year and just beginning to turn blue. Symplocos paniculata 2018 – CHW Jaimie and the team have completed the new widened walkway down from the…

…This Paulownia kawakamii has sadly split in half in the gales. If you grow 30ft in 10 years this is the risk you run. Very few light blue flowers like…

…pungens ‘Spek’ with its fantastic light blue new growth. Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Picea pungens ‘Spek’ Cotoneaster confusus just going over. Cotoneaster confusus The clump of three Hypericum…

…Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Photinia davidsoniae in flower by George’s Hut. Photinia davidsoniae Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ starts pink and then goes blue. Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Hydrangea ‘Hobella’…

…in 1984. Our good luck! On the tour the following were looking good:- Papaver nudicaule ‘Moondance’. Papaver nudicaule ‘Moondance’ Dichroa guizhou – should the flowers be blue? Dichroa guizhou Dichroa…

…the flowers on Decaisnea fargesii. By autumn these will turn a pinkish-blue. Decaisnea fargesii I had this billed as Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’. It has been out for a while…

…fargesii has died not from drought but, I suspect, honey fungus. The best blue mophead hydrangeas in the garden above the Aucklandii. The ancient Hydrangea sargentiana with the characteristic fleshy…

…smell is disgusting. Jaimie says ‘cat’s piss’ but we have never had a cat! Ehretia dicksonii Ehretia dicksonii Seed forming in Symplocos dryophylla which will eventually turn blue-black and Asia…