15th November

…‘Autumnalis’ has some white flower although still with leaf. I have never noticed this tree in flower before and it is not that dramatic but, for November, who cares! Prunus…

27th January

…flowers now out on Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’. It has not been rushing which may mean cold weather is coming. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ A newly bought in Camellia x…

19th January 1897- 2020

…no Reticulata – Hamamelis good, also mucronulatum. 1947 – CW Hamamelis very good. Pink heath well out and some white, Camellia hybrids only first begun. Very late. First flower on…

3rd March

…‘Bressingham White’ Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ – absurdly early. Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’…

22nd March

…‘Blue Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ is growing into a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ just showing. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Another young Pinus radiata snapped off…

Visit to Tregrehan – 3rd November 2018

…gave us a plant a few years ago. White flowers before the leaves appear. Enkianthus serrulatus Rehderodendron kwangtungense with no discernible autumn colour as yet and no seeds this year…

8th January 1897- 2020

…are white (with dark blotching in the trumpets). This is very premature but only the pink ones are yet breaking bud. Rhododendron moorii Rhododendron moorii Rhododendron moorii 2016 – CHW…

11th January 1897- 2020

Next Day > < Previous Day Return to Current Entries CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2020 – CHW Some interesting white fungi on a dead scots…

12th January 1897- 2020

…in the squirrel traps as the maize is not attracting them any more. sunflower seeds in the squirrel traps sunflower seeds in the squirrel traps A blackbird with white markings…

27th January 1897 – 2020

…suddenly full out.Rhododendron siderophyllum, the pinker form, is full out beyond the Rockery. The white forms seem some way off coming out yet. Rhododendron siderophyllum Rhododendron siderophyllum A seedling of…

1st February 1897 – 2020

…After static period, the garden advances – I fear too fast. 1942 – CW Hoofedicoat and white Narcissus out in Tin Garden – several Sutuenense hybrids and Blood Red –…

6th February 1897 – 2020

…wane and so do Moupinense. Wilson and Korea seed came a week ago (some of it?). Sent some to Elwes, Loder, White, Cave, Rogers and Werrington, two packets sown here….

24th March 1897 – 2020

…split apart leaving only one shoot. White flowers. We have always called it Camellia taliensis but this does not fit with the Chinese book on camellia species. Camellia taliensis Camellia…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…from the chainsaw which was its likely fate on first flowering which was a muddy white. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest Pink’ finally produces a decent…

22nd March 1897 – 2020

…hybrids red or white, few buds and most of them frosted. 1921 – JCW The Auklandii x White Arboreum are good. The red Auklandii wanes. The heath Erica darleyense fades….

14th March 1897 – 2020

…one has seldom been seen but is an absolutely pure white. Magnolia campbellii Alba A Magnolia dawsoniana which is now thriving with more light. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana A bold…

5th November

…Lapageria rosea Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua (white form) out together again! Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua Forsythia turning yellow then red by the gents loos. Forsythia Sorbus…

7th November

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’ a nearly pure large white. Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’ A young…

24th March

…either. We expected Melicytus crassifolius to have yellow flowers but ours has pinkish ones. The plant of M. crassifolius which Nick kindly gave us did have white rounded berries. I…

4th November

…on one of the old original (white) Rhododendron arboreums. Rhododendron arboreums Rhododendron arboreums Jaimie has uplifted the lower branches on this quick growing Acacia cultriformis to give the camellias more…