…a number of poor secondary flowers. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘J.C. Willaims’ Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana planted very recently but doing well. Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana 2022 – CHW…

…fruit in a hedge and are enjoying the rather bitter taste. crab apple tree crab apple tree A group of Betula utilis var. jacquemontii growing in a garden in Northumberland….

…Seed here for Asia to collect in November/ December. The absurdly named Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii (ex Pan Global Plants) has settled in well after planting last autumn….

…Slip Rail. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Staphylea pinnata turning colour prematurely. Staphylea pinnata Another drought casualty or severe die back on all the Acer negundo varieties. Acer negundo varieties Shrivelled flowers…

…annual GWCT Clay Shoot A virtually leafless Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’. If it survives there will be severe die back and pruning to do. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’…

…foliage contrast. Agapanthus ‘Silver Moon’ 2020 – CHW After two days of welcome rain and drizzle everything looks fresh. The very pink and pale form of Hydrangea aspera var. sargentiana…

…and trailing branches. ‘Falling Waters’ ‘Falling Waters’ ‘Falling Waters’ Also the last gingko variety: Gingko biloba ‘Variegata’ with irregular variegations here and there which are by no means all over…

…Lancaster’s wild collected Aucuba himalaica var. dolichophylla. Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla hedge Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla hedge Hemerocallis breaking cover already. Hemerocallis Berberis kawakamii with pale yellow flowers, large prickles…

…Similarly the first flush on Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ with its odd golden central leaf variegation. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangle’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangle’ A clump of…

…Pittosporum michiei Fuchsia cordifolia (now Fuchsia splendens var ‘Cordifolia’) has lost its leaves but still a few flowers left. In the December video from Gorwell this plant (outside) was still…

…nearly out. Camellia ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ Camellia lutchuensis hybrid whose name I cannot remember just starting. ‘Fragrant Pink’ I think but no scent yet (Camellia japonica var. rusticana ‘Yoshida’ x…

…‘Kick Off’ The variable shaped flowers of Camellia japonica ‘May Costa’. I have often seen this one out several weeks earlier and had been looking out for it. Camellia japonica…

…Rhododendron laetum Rhododendron periclymenoides Menziesia ‘Dartmoor Storm’ (now Rhododendron!) Menziesia ‘Shepherds Delight’ (now Rhododendron!) Rhododendron (menziesia) formerly ciliicalyx x var. purpurea (bit confused myself!) Menziesia ‘Spring Morning’ (now Rhododendron) Menziesia…

…growing away quite happily outside up to 15 feet. Banksia marginata Banksia marginata Oleria [?] Olearia Could this be Viburnum trilobum which Hilliers now calls Viburnum opulus var. Americanum. We…

…as this especially outside. Drimys winteri var. andina as labelled but correctly now Drimys andina. Another genus I have never heard of – Pitavia punctata. Not in Hilliers or the…

…much either way about his new creation.Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ is itself a cross between Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta and Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’. I therefore believe, based on…

…and a few early hybrids. Turning cold. 1949 – CW First daffodil out – a wild hybrid by Fastuosa Bamboo. Few Rho var sutchuenense hybrids, a good many Camellias but…

…down yet. 2019 – CHW A long overdue trip to Burncoose to be greeted by a wonderful display of new Helleborus varieties at the entrance. Clare, our nursery buyer, has…

…the garden at Trewithen with Gary Long and Tom Hudson. Crisp but sunny late pm.A plant which Jennifer Trehane calls Camellia cuspidata var cuspidata (or C. cuspidata to mere mortals!)….

…seedling of Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta which is supposedly darker than robusta. Not much in my opinion but it has sold well at Burncoose. It is not exactly ‘blood red’….