…yesterday. A very slight pink flush at the base of the opening flower which fades to near white. Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Paulownia kawakamii is not going to flower profusely…

…full out and dropping. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ – just a very few tail end flowers. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ The full extent of the area for new planting…

…first six weeks. The pure white or albino sport from the pink Azalea ‘Greenway’ by the cash point. This group was grown from cuttings taken from a white flowering branch…

…tailed tits nest Styrax formosanus var. hayatainus just coming out. Styrax formosanus var. hayatainus Styrax shiraianus making great headway. Styrax shiraianus Styrax shiraianus New growth on Tetradium var. fraxinifolium. Tetradium…

…making great headway by the stables. A slow and awkward tree to get going which needs careful staking initially. A variable plant if grown from seed but this is a…

…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…

…temperature. Denis White, aged at least 84, still at work in the nursery now that he has been extracted from the old folks home where his wife has dementia. Watering…

…Terrible layout for staff working behind the counter. I saw six volunteers or staff working in the garden. A charming old man who was removing dead bits who agreed about…

…now as follows:Meliosma dilleniifolia (upright panicles of flowers) Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia (plumes of creamy white flowers with hawthorn-like fragrance) Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. flexuosa (pendant terminal panicles of fragrant white…

…Crataegus aprica Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ just coming out as a clump of three newish plants. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Malus x rockii with fruits forming….

…Anniversary’ Tamarix ‘Hulsdonk White’ – just coming out. All other tamarix are pink. Tamarix ‘Hulsdonk White’ Now off to dreaded Seaview on the Isle of Wight armed with a boot…

…good they look in situ as here. 2017 – CHW In Seaview the late July garden is going over.Phlox ‘White Admiral’ is still looking good. Phlox ‘White Admiral’ Trachelospermum jasminoides…

…dappled shade. a whiter sheen a whiter sheen 4. I have tried to compare the bark. Clearly the bark on an older tree will not look much like a 26…

…and Viburnum cinnamomifolium in leaf and flower? Viburnum cylindricum Our next crop of Musa basjoo looking particularly healthy. Musa basjoo Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ really is striking. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon…

…rigida Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Another gaura which is white. Pretty flowers but Gaura ‘Sparkle White’ is hardly a sensible name! Gaura ‘Sparkle White’ Gaura ‘Sparkle White’ Gypsophila paniculata ‘Snowflake’…

…that different from others taken on this Isle of Wight trip? Rudbeckia ‘Peking’ Rudbeckia ‘Peking’ Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ – almost a rockery plant but striking blue flowers in profusion….

…even there, the flowers are hidden in with the leaves. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ 2020 – CHW Rubus phoenicolasius is ripe in parts and the young…

…magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ The sad remains of the flowers of Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’. Shrivelled and rejected. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Strangely the 20 autumn planted Matsumae cherries below White Styles are all fine…

…for a Sorbus. Sorbus hedlundii (KR 1810A – best clone) Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ is taking off exponentially in this fine growing year. Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ Yet…

…Camellia ‘White Swan’. Camellia ‘White Swan’ Camellia ‘Sundae’. Camellia ‘Sundae’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’. Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ An excellent crop of seedling Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa Solanum jasminoides ‘Album’ covered in…