25th November

…– FJW Many flowers on Camellia November Pink – very wet year continues – heavy rain but worse in Wales. 1971 – FJW First November Pink in house. Leaf still…

24th July

…others here though. Helenium ‘Sahins Early Flowerer’ Helenium ‘Sahins Early Flowerer’ Sanguisorba ?obtusa ‘Pink Feathers’ – very striking – could not read the full label. Sanguisorba ?obtusa ‘Pink Feathers’ Sanguisorba…

25th February

…than I have ever seen it before. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ No apologies for showing Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ yet again. Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ which I…

8th September

…Aesculus hippocastanum Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ fades to green rather than pink here on Hovel Cart Road. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ An unnamed rhododendron with a decent autumn show….

20th September

…those at Caerhays. Here Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ by the mist houses. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Acer palmatumn ‘Senkaki’ (‘Sango-Kaku’) has autumn colour already above the mist houses. Acer palmatumn…

24th October

…COVID. Lizzie fine. Jaimie has picked the first Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ and Camellia ‘Polar Ice’. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ and Camellia ‘Polar Ice’ Reasonable (Cornish) autumn colour…

22nd October

…Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Amazing colours on Lagerstroemia limii which was a gift from James Garnett at Nantes botanical…

1st April

…places. White and pink forms of Rhododendron siderophyllum White and pink forms of Rhododendron siderophyllum Another rhododendron species puzzle. Not on the planting records of course but the closest I…

16th March

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ sporting pink flowers at Donkey Shoe. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ 2023 – CHW Mahonia leschenaultii flowering here for the first time. Mahonia leschenaultii Mahonia…

28th December

…‘Lulu Belle’ First couple of flowers on the pink/red striped Camellia (?). It is not named on the plan! Camellia Although dead and ready for removal Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’…