26th January

…tree. Not much to show for it after 4 years. Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ A Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ by the entrance to the garden half blown out of the…

10th April

…just beginning to emerge. Gorgeous yellow. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Flowers just starting to open on Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’. Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Amomyrtus luma (formerly Myrtus lechleriana) absolutely full…

26th April

…recurvas just open. The early Auklandii has one bloom, Countess of Haddington half open. 1897 – JCW Poeticus recurvas nearly all open. Azalea altaclarence half open, various mollis open. Maples…

22nd March

…all the clumps of Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’. Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Rhododendron irroratum ‘Polka Dot’ Rhododendron irroratum ‘Polka Dot’ We are used to seeing the autumn flowering of Magnolia…

15th April

…garden and at Burncoose. Rhododendron morii x Rhododendron euchates Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ plastered in flower as usual. We saw the first flowers showing a fortnight ago. Rhododendron ‘Countess of…

27th April

…different species Rhododendron trusses Any hybrid 1 spray 1st – R. ‘Countess of Haddington’ Any falconeri or grandia hybrid 1 truss 1st – R. ‘Lord Rudolph’ 1st – R. ‘Lord…

21st August

…unexpected deaths appear. Here a Rhododendron Countess of Haddington by the cash point which was in its prime. There was a dead halesia tree here 10 years ago and the…

24th April

…four to six weeks when still soft (fragrantissimum, formosum, Princess Alice, Lady Alice Fitzwilliam, Berts Own, HarryTagg, Anne Teese, ciliicalyx, Countess of Haddington, Michaels Pride etc). Outside the backyard on…

14th April

…gone off, nearly all the Grandis open, Countess of M very good. 1905 – JCW Grandis is open. Daffs have gone back, could pick a good King Alfred now, Montana…