…‘K O Hester’ Rhododendron arboreum, the blood red form, is the best thing in the garden today. Rhododendron arboreum, the blood red form Just above it is a huge Camellia…

…Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ An interesting new low growing Sedum spurium “Dragon’s Blood”. Very good! Sedum spurium “Dragon’s Blood” Sedum spurium “Dragon’s Blood” Sedum…

…3. The recently deceased/flowered Fargesia murielie was a Wilson introduction named after his daughter, Muriel. 4. The 1665 great plague in the UK post-dated a massive bamboo inflorescence in China…

…secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ Peeling bark on Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’…

…China in 2015. Gorgeous reddish-black new growth. Quercus chapensis Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ and Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ together as I had hoped to see a fortnight or so ago. Michelia ‘Touch…

…Keith Rushforth (10131) collected Photinia species from China. Striking undersides to the leaves. Photinia So we conclude:1. The two very ancient and huge ilex above Crinodendron Hedge which are too…

…pink. A little of all the bark forms is shown here. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ We…

…had thought we had lost all the Blood Reds apart from an old one in Forty Acres Wood but was wrong. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood Red’ This is the rare and,…

…reticulata for several days, dismal small flowers from the lack of sun, Blood Red arboreums for over a week. 1919 The frost left and things like R scabrifolium began to…

…large rhododendrons Placing out the large rhododendrons A Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ with a single flower. Nice enough but not as good or different as some argue. Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood…