…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…

…Rider’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ largely unfrosted. Strange shape as the bud unfurls. Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ First leaves on Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ coming into leaf…

…Tom Hudson outside the Smoking Room. white Lapageria white Lapageria white Lapageria Yellowing berries on Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ A few secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ as usual. Rhododendron…

…a sycamore despite our tally now exceeding 110. sycamore Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ is very similar to ‘Exburiensis’ but the berries are eventually different colours. This one was only planted below White…

…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…

…CHW Flower buds still nowhere near out Hydrangea kawakamii ‘Formosa’. Hydrangea kawakamii ‘Formosa’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea…

…to flower in March/April in a more formal garden context but not, it seems, as a wildflower. Ajuga reptans Ajuga reptans Another common woodland garden wildflower is Filipendula ulmaria, Meadowsweet,…

…in early October! What a seasonal muddle! Common laurel The Hydrangea aspera unknown form Lord Howick may well be the best thing in the garden today. Hydrangea aspera 2022 –…

…of ‘tidiness’! Achillea millefolium (yarrow) and Malva sylvestris (common mallow) Achillea millefolium (yarrow) and Malva sylvestris (common mallow) Calystegia soldanella (sea bindweed) growing on the field hedge (which is near…

…Green Gate are at their best despite this week’s frost which has not touched them or the common garlic which is coming up in strength near the entrance. common garlic…

…and would do in a large pot. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ – by Hovel turning in a huge clump of around eight…

…all burnt out, Manglis’s Royali hybrids very good. (Cutting from magazine attached to Garden Book page, dated April 1951) Black and white photograph of Magnolia campbellii, White form. Awarded the…

…this anyway. Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ still has a few decent flowers in the shade. Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Francis Hanger’, the only true white x williamsii…

…smaller, white Camellia sasanqua smaller, white Camellia sasanqua Fuchsia and white Camellia sasanqua both in flower side by side! Fuchsia and white Camellia sasanqua The first Camellia sasanqua which suddenly…

…Echium seedlings Corn or common Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, springing up where Goretti has cleared a bit of ground above White Styles. This is now a rarity in fields. common Poppy…

…situ as here. 2017 – CHW In Seaview the late July garden is going over.Phlox ‘White Admiral’ is still looking good. Phlox ‘White Admiral’ Trachelospermum jasminoides has covered the fence…

…the double form as seen recently). The white flowers have yellow blotches which then turn red as here. Aesculus hipposcastanum Aesculus hipposcastanum Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ making a good start. Rounded and…

…form out and it will get pinker overall. ‘Caerhays Pink’ form The clump on Hovel Cart Road is markedly much more pink but without the pronounced central blotching to the…

…‘Shishigashira’ ‘Shishigashira’ ‘Shishigashira’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Trewithen White’ (ex Trewithen) ‘Trewithen White’ ‘Trewithen White’ ‘Trewithen White’ ‘Souvenir de Claude Brivet’ – some branches with white and some with pink flowers…

…‘ChinaRuby’) forms of Betula albosinensis which I remember growing at Donkey Shoe as a child. The Werrington Forrest collected form (1910) had creamy white peeling bark flushed pink and maturing…