13th April

…‘Pink Parasol’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-beni-murasaki’ (syn ‘Candy Floss’) rather less spectacular but will be good. Prunus ‘Matsumae-beni-murasaki’ (syn ‘Candy Floss’) Prunus ‘Matsumae-beni-murasaki’ (syn ‘Candy Floss’) The Kunming camellias are nearly over…

23rd May

…Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ – plastered, but not my colour. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ – Millais. Shy flowerer. Looked better…

5th March

…Magnolia ‘Fireglow’ Magnolia ‘Fireglow’ Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ is unfrosted this year. Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Crystal’ grows rather oddly! Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Crystal’ Magnolia…

14th May

…Rhododendron ‘Germania’ Rhododendron ‘Germania’ Rhododendron ‘Germania’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ shot its bolt and flowered in December. Very little flower today. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Lonicera periclymenum ‘Belgica’ growing…

15th September

…And more yellow on Staphylea colchica. Staphylea colchica Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ is a regular second flowerer. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Ross has cleared the two fallen oak trees…

30th December

…Camellia champetre ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Camellia champetre ‘Cinnamon Candy’ For a ‘horrible’ variegated leaf (as my father would have said) Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ takes quite some beating. Actually I find it pleasantly…

13th October

…of Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ full out by Georges Hut. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ The Cladastris kentuckea has already shed almost all its leaves. We saw it starting to…

1st October

…‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ The many seed pods on Rehderodendron macrocarpum are still not quite ripe enough to collect. Asia needs to keep an eye on them. Unusual for…

23rd January

…About three or four years from planting. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ First colour showing on Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ which was decimated by The Beast last year. Magnolia ‘Sweet…

23rd September

…(Magnoliaceae) and, also, Podocarpus (Podocarpaceae). We settled on malus as being the genus least well represented here but the plan is for flowering and fruiting (or non-fruiting) crab apples rather…