30th March

…Pompom’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ with its huge near white flowers. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ The huge white Rhododendron arboreum above the Playhouse are at their best even though…

5th February 1897 – 2020

…Cold east wind again. Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (pink form) on the drive is however still at its best. Less common than the pure yellow form but just as good in early…

11th April

white as one might expect from this named form of the species. Rhododendron hyperythrum ‘Omo’ A new camellia with the unlikely name of Camellia ‘Manuroad Road’ – from Stervinou originally….

7th April

…very late flowering white magnolia on Bond Street below the 4-in-Hand. It is so vigorous and so late that I think it must be the white form of Magnolia x…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…var elongata. However since sprengeri elongata is white and the plant beside it is clearly a pinkish purple sprengeri form as well dating back to pre 1920 I guess we…

7th June

…Grass cutting A splendid young Rhododendron decorum below the track below White Styles Field. Rhododendron decorum Below the former gardens of White Styles Cottages are large clumps of Philadelphus ‘Beauclerk’….

7th May

…have a record size tree. This plant, from a Crug collection, has grown exceptionally well. Taiwanese form of Trochodendron aralioides Taiwanese form of Trochodendron aralioides Taiwanese form of Trochodendron aralioides…

22nd April

…sell. Here Rhododendron formosum. Rhododendron formosum Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ 2022 – CHW We have rightly been given some stick for selling Magnolia (Michelia) compressa…

2nd September

…June, the flowers are on the previous years new growth. A very attractive white form of T. ramosissima flowered well in Kennel Close but 6-8 weeks ago. The reference books…

15th July

…a few flowers with purple markings. I soon got the ivy off the trunk. Euonymus tingens G_15_Jul_EUONYMUS_tingens_01 Camellia japonica ‘White Nun’ reshooting well after its haircut. Camellia japonica ‘White Nun’…

29th June

…are actually wild or native hedgerow plants originally.Lonicera periclymenum (common honeysuckle) has white to yellow flowers flushed red on occasion. Very fragrant and variable in form as you see here….

4th April

…our last blood red arboreum in the pheasant pen nearby but a tree has just hit it. white Rhododendron arboreum white Rhododendron arboreum white Rhododendron arboreum white Rhododendron arboreum Betula…

26th March 1897 – 2020

…flowers on Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’, the white form. The tree is so tall that one seldom gets close to a flower. The other tree is more white in flower…

2nd May

…x leucaspis A new plant of Rhododendron decorum (white form) flowers for the first time below Tin Garden. Rhododendron decorum (white form) Rhododendron decorum (white form) Over the weekend I…

19th April

…as was) is dying of old age but still a few flowers. Meliosma alba Rhododendron yunnanense. Many of the pure white forms in the Rookery have died out as I…

1st March 1897 – 2020

…an Exbury form which we have not stocked before. It will not be out for six weeks. Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron calostrotum subsp riparium Nitens…

14th May

…I think, Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles X’. Not a named variety which I have come across before. Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles X’ I had not seen John Whitehead, the former keeper and…

15th April

…Surprise’ Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ out already on the main drive – greenish-cream flower bracts turning white. They will get much bigger yet. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ Cornus ‘Eddie’s White

16th October

…first flowers on the largest white Camellia sasanqua. largest white Camellia sasanqua The second, smaller, white Camellia sasanqua is further out. Two days ago nothing. smaller, white Camellia sasanqua smaller,…

21st May

…Deutzia longifolia (white form) is newly planted by Tin Garden. Deutzia longifolia (white form) Deutzia longifolia (white form) A good new young Magnolia wilsonii (DJHC 98369) with its first, and…