…azaleas are also indeed very early into flower. We read of doves nesting on the south coast but I have yet to hear a spring dawn chorus as the weather…

…Liane’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’ Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’. Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’ Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’ Camellia oleifera x sasanqua ‘Survivor’. Camellia oleifera…

…Plena’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Everards’s Delight”…

…the front gate. The birds have really started their spring chorus and the swans are fighting off the Canada geese on the lake. I will give them a little help…

…‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) at its very best and undamaged by rain, wind or frost. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) 2022 – CHW Looking at John Marston…

…first flowering with us of Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’. Very tall growing for a nepeta and not obviously a nepeta to look at. Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Nepeta…

…now as you would expect. Rhododendron lutescens Primroses and cyclamen on the bank. Primroses and cyclamen Prunus mume ‘Dawn’ in flower. This was a gift from Raf. Prunus mume ‘Dawn’…

…most were, of course, over.Rosa ‘The New Dawn’ Rosa ‘The New Dawn’ Rosa ‘Special Grandad’ Rosa ‘Special Grandad’ Rosa ‘Special Grandad’ Rosa ‘Your Wedding Day’ Rosa ‘Your Wedding Day’ Rosa…

…bodnantense ‘Dawn’ and very pretty too. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ One of the great finds of the way was Drimys andina which grew as a small shrub at Burncoose below…

…Salvia confertiflora Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty’ looking spectacular. As good as ‘Winter Fire’? Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Camellia ‘Jingle Bells’ Camellia ‘Jingle…