…no cinnamon scent to the flowers. Buds pinkish. Camellia champetre ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Camellia champetre ‘Cinnamon Candy’ For a ‘horrible’ variegated leaf (as my father would have said) Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ takes…

…Rhododendron monosemanthum Camellia ‘Hiraethlyn’ looking very fine too. Simple but effective. Camellia ‘Hiraethlyn’ Camellia ‘Hiraethlyn’ Camellia ‘Hiraethlyn’ Camellia ‘Can Can’ should be pink but two thirds of the bush have…

…I think it is well worth its place today even if it is not nearly as pink as the reference books say it should be. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter…

…in the garden today. Scent immense and plastered in flower. The buds have a faint pink tinge but open pure white. The plant is 20 to 25 years old. Other…

…the tree. Magnolia ‘Shirraz’ Another unnamed seedling from the ‘Caerhays Belle’ seed batch. Smaller flowers but a bit darker pink perhaps. Nice but not worth a name as has always…

…with its occasional pink flash on the bud and petals. Azalea ‘Malvatica’ Azalea ‘Malvatica’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ now full out directly under the Magnolia x veitchii. Still nothing out on…

…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…

…1933. 1921 – JCW About 14 species of Rhodo’s in flower, one Caerhays daff, some Aconites, Snowdrops are going back. P.D’s pink Azalea is v.g, Erica darleyense also. 1920 –…

…passing. The pink Obtusum remains very good. C coums are nice, Cotoneaster salicifolia good. Many early Rhodos are far enough on to pick buds off them including R argenteum. 1908…

…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…

…just showing pink buds, a few snowdrops, no sign of any daff colour. 1928 – JCW Scabrifolium, lutescens, mucronulatum, strigillosum, baileyi. Blood red hybrid, Barbatum, moupinense, parvifolium, irroratum all show…

…an extraordinary ‘sporting’ camellia this is. The white flower has some touches of pink but I suspect there will be pure white flowers soon. Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’ A young plant…

…is still just in bud despite our seeing ‘Cornish Snow’ out yesterday. This is the pink Hillier’s cross the other way around from JC’s creation which is pure white (Camellia…

…‘Tatiana’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Tatiana’ This Camellia gigantocarpa has still never flowered or shown any sign of a bud. Camellia gigantocarpa Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ only has the odd pinkish flower…

…also now has two single flowers above the Hovel and opposite the pink form. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – yellow form Not as many out from perhaps 100 varieties along the…

…quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ has large florets which should show pink tinges later. More vigorous aged 25 years than ‘Snowflake’ and is said to hold its flower…

…is a good large flowered single near-red. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sekiyo’ Persia thunbergii with more errant pink new growth. Seasonal muddle! Persia thunbergii Camellia x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yellow’ just out. Camellia…

…Caerhays. It is interesting to see the shelterbelt at the top of the old deer park only just established. The pink and white Rhododendron arboreums featured are still (exactly) there…

…building second building remains of the internal brick chimney The pink Rhododendron arboreums in the picture still exist at least 100 years on but, as you can see today, they…

…the estate office at Trewithen. Rather yellow leaves on this elderly plant. Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Yellow) is always open a few days earlier than the pink form. Rhododendron…