12th March 1897 – 2020

…top wall in shelter. From Windsor 40+ years ago. The other plants in the top of the garden have died of old age and were more pink in flower. Rhododendron…

26th November

…Here is the proof on a younger plant. Less pink on the buds and smaller flowers! Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ The record sized Camellia x williamsii (unnamed) outside the front gate…

25th December

…‘Winton’ and Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Still a flower on Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Pink’. Rather better than the show on ‘Fireworks’ which we saw a few days ago. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Pink’ I…

3rd November

…williamsii ‘St. Ewe’. Not quite the right colour yet. Camellia x williamsii ‘St. Ewe’ Halesia monticola putting on a fair show. Halesia monticola As is Cornus nuttallii ‘Pink Blush’. Cornus…

30th March

…MSI register although the picture in the Eisenhut book is of a pure white inside to the tepals with no indication of pink on the outside of the tepals. Magnolia…

13th August

…Double’ and Podocarpus totara. Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s Double’ and Podocarpus totara Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Wargrave Pink’. Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Wargrave Pink’ Papaver rupifragum ‘Flore Pleno’ and Sedum ‘Purple…

6th February

…originally gathered from beside the top frames where they had self-sown. One or two other similar forms of grande on Hovel Cart Road have been pinkish but not as pink

13th February

…to my mind, makes this chance seedling interesting and worthy of registration as being unique and different is the strange and irregular dark pink blotches and mottling on the very…

17th February

…near Tin Garden. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ The Magnolia campbellii above Crinodendron Hedge perfect in the gloom and rain. Magnolia…

20th February

…turkey oak Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (pink) has stood up well to the Beast. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Camellia ‘Guilio Nuccio’ Camellia ‘Guilio Nuccio’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ with its hose in hose flowers…

25th February

…Both wonderful ‘reds’ together. Magnolia campbellii ‘Wakehurst’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ better than I have ever seen it before. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ No apologies for showing Magnolia ‘Elizabeth…

18th March

…‘Purple Spider’. Clematis macropetala ‘Purple Spider’ Magnolia ‘Pink Pyramid’ – first flowering in the nursery. Magnolia ‘Pink Pyramid’ Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’. Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’ Magnolia denudata ‘Purpurascens’. Magnolia denudata ‘Purpurascens’…

21st March

…Hovel hydrangea triangle. Nearly as good as loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ and ‘Wildcat’ I think. Magnolia loebneri ‘Mag’s Pirouette’ Magnolia loebneri ‘Mag’s Pirouette’ Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’ now full out and…

27th March

…Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ a bit bedraggled now after the rain. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Camellia ‘Optima’ by the side door with just small flecks of pink. Camellia ‘Optima’ 2022…

29th March

…rapidly developing into a tree. Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Silverana’ Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ grows in an odd way and clearly only a small shrub. Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ First flower out this year…

10th November

…drooping branches. Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba’ The first pink sasanqua to come out looks really good alongside the white. The first pink sasanqua Further along the wall is…

8th May

…garden No idea what this is? No idea what this is Red currants. Red currants Clematis montana with just a hint of pink. Clematis montana Clematis montana var. rubens growing…

27th May

…Cornus kousa ‘Ed Mezitt’ with its first flowers with us. They seem to start pinker and fade. Large bracts. Cornus kousa ‘Ed Mezitt’ Cornus kousa ‘Ed Mezitt’ Cornus alternifolia covered…

7th July

…house is the real attraction. 2024 – CHW Walnuts forming again this year on Juglans ailantifolia. Walnuts Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Pink Showers’ nicely out at the sales point. Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Pink

17th July

…Sensation’ just out with a hint of pink. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ As is Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Berberis insigne var insigne now restaked upright with…