2nd November

…to cut out the damaged leader to prevent the infection travelling downwards. Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ First flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ Some…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

28th January

…‘Cinnamomum Candy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamomum Candy’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ now covered in flower. A sport of ‘Donation’ from Trewithen. Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ has not moved…

10th March

…Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Crystal’ (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Picture’ x unknown) Magnolia ‘Pickards Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’ (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x…

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…