…‘Allspice’ is a much larger growing small tree with larger leaves and no pink in the flowers as they now open. Michelia foggi ‘Allspice’ Michelia foggi ‘Allspice’ Michelia foggi ‘Allspice’…

…best. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) full out on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) Fallen camellia petal on the track to White Styles. Fallen camellia petal Removing…

…N Roses’ has a pleasant flower with a pink picotee edge. Helleborus ‘Ice N Roses’ Saxifraga ‘Early Carnival’ starts red and fades to white with a pink stripe. Saxifraga ‘Early…

…on Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Werrington’ (a gifted plant from one of the original ‘Lanarth’ wild collected seedlings) now nicely out. Magnolia…

…oddly! Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Pink Champagne’ is not one I have seen out myself before. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Pink Champagne’ Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’ also unfrosted. Another…

…Scroll’ – Betula utilis ssp jacquemontii ‘Himalayan Spirit’ – Betula utilis ssp albosinensis ‘Pink Champagne’ – Betula utilis ssp albosinensis ‘Red Panda’ – Betula ‘Fascination’ – Betula ermanii ‘Mt Zao…

…Gem’ Camellia ‘Winter Gem’ 2023 – CHW Jim Gardiner with Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusky Pink’ which he gave us a few years ago. Today in full flower with a beaming Jim!…

…very good. Camellia japonica ‘Dr. Burnside’ Camellia japonica ‘Dr. Burnside’ Camellia japonica ‘Dr. Burnside’ Camellia japonica ‘Dr. Burnside’ Then back to Caerhays and more new magnolias. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’…

…‘Seattle Trident’ with its superb pink new growth. Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Salix magnifica also with its first flower here. Salix magnifica At last, the east wind has gone. A…

…rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ also looks tatty and only 2 flowers this year. One had faded to near white. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ is only just starting into…

…the Chelsea Gold Medal. Justin with the large Gold Medal Outside the Members Tent at Royal Cornwall a perfect Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth Pink’ Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth Pink’ Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth…

…exceptionally early on the drive – here Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’. Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’. Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ A pink form of Azalea indica. Azalea indica First 9 spring lambs sold this week…

…Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’. Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ The contrasting colours of flowers on Rhododendron nuttallii. Yellow on opening but fading to white. The two plants here are slightly different,…

…Blue’ Beside it Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Pink’ has a couple of flowers out too. The white Fireworks is not yet coloured up. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Pink’ Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ (a blue rather than…

…Flush’ – Pink is on Burns Bank. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Seed heads on Buddleia limitea. I suppose it is easy enough from cuttings. Seed heads on Buddleia…

…2022 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ covered in 40 to 50 butterflies. Mainly speckled woods I think. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar…

…change to pink as yet. Taller growing than ‘White Lace’ too. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ We looked at Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ in its prime six to eight weeks ago when it…

…williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Camellia x williamsii ‘E.G. Waterhouse’ Camellia x williamsii ‘E.G. Waterhouse’ Camellia lutchuensis hybrid. Camellia lutchuensis hybrid Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) now full out on the Drive. Rhododendron…

…Countryside Stewardship Scheme. Wonderful wild flower meadows Wonderful wild flower meadows The red/ pink flowered Magnolia delavayi below the Kitchen Garden. Magnolia delavayi The second grass cut of the Malus…

…the first original pink Camellia sasanqua. These are 100+ year old plants and this one (of seven) is always the first but not always out in September. Is August the…