…an assortment of colours but none are that noteworthy this year. Cotinus ‘Pink Champagne’ Cotinus ‘Pink Champagne’ Nyssa sylvatica isn’t worth a second glance either above White Styles. Nyssa sylvatica…

…Nothofagus obliqua on the drive. Very variable on both sides of the tree and at height. Nothofagus obliqua Nothofagus obliqua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua just coming into flower above White Styles….

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW A very drab cloudy day with East wind. The white flowered Camellia sasanqua…

…but it contained many new and unusual species (six pictured here). Alseuosmia macrophylla – reddish fuchsia-like flowers. Alseuosmia macrophylla Alseuosmia macrophylla Leucopogon fasciculatus – tiny white flowers in profusion. Leucopogon…

…now ‘popped’. From the reference book photographs this seems to show that these are Meadow Puffballs (Lycoperdon pratense) and not Common Puffballs. Both start white and then go brown but…

…Prunus yedoensis Prunus yedoensis Prunus yedoensis Camellia ‘Kona’ – a perfect white Camellia ‘Kona’ Camellia ‘Kimberley’ – a stunning colour Camellia ‘Kimberley’ Rhododendron kesongiae Rhododendron kesongiae Rhododendron lonigerum Rhododendron lonigerum…

…Congreve 12 years ago the rhodo and camellia plantings were so thick that it was obvious Michael White, the head gardener, had a battle ahead. Four years after Ambrose Congreve’s…

…variolosus Quercus guyavifolia from Yunnan. Asia has some cuttings. Wonderful white indumentum under the leaves. Quercus guyavifolia Quercus guyavifolia Quercus guyavifolia Pterostyrax psilophyllus (lavellei) setting seed. Three lobes at the…

…fragrans var. aurantiacus – the yellow/orange form rather than the white flowering one. Growing here in the greenhouse and tenderish but a large shrub or small tree with sweet scent….

…with a flower Podocarpus matudae with huge podocarps Illicium mexicanum in full flower Rhododendron prostitum seedlings. Pink at first fading to near white. Rhododendron rireii – the best form I…

…the daffs started, plenty of Blue Primroses. 1899 – JCW Lilly White, C Imperati, C Coum, Habrothammus, 1 snowdrop, not half the daffs show a sign, Solanum well out, Iris…

…buds but, as yet, no white flowers. A substantial wall shrub which survived the builders and scaffolding over it last summer. 10-12ft in height with a similar spread. Jasminum nudiflorum…

…snowdrops show, some Lapagerias left, a few C sasanqua, one or two trade Camellia including the early white near the Engine House which has been out a month. 1914 –…

…seedlings Ucodendron whartonii (BJWJ 11706) is doing well in its deer shelter and there may even be flower buds forming. Older leaves have good white undersides. Younger leaves have a…

…the year is beginning to be out. Again it is the old original and rather poor near white Magnolia campbellii near Tin Garden. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii 2016 – CHW…

…cold. It is the pink white form. 1906 – JCW Came back from Lanarth, their things a week ahead of us, snowdrops over, Caerhays nearly all open, many, most of…

…is on the drive. A superbly shaped plant which flowered first in 2013. Tiny buds, hidden within the tree and a muddy off white colour on first showing – utter…

…one but I think it is grey spotted amanita – Amanita excelsa var. spissa – if only because of the white frills which you can just see on its stem…

…that out of place today. A New Zealander by an ancient white camellia and under a Chinese maple. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus 2015 – CHW Schefflera taiwaniana has seed pods…

…white forms. There have been many supposedly ‘new’ hydrangeas in recent years but this one is vigorous and different as well as standing the test of time. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’…