30th March

…a good show. Magnolia soulangeana Some of Dad’s hybrids are also performing well. Dad’s hybrids Dad’s hybrids Dad’s hybrids 2020 – CHW It is normally a job which I undertake…

19th June

…Rhododendron maddenii A tail end flower on Magnolia acuminata. Magnolia acuminata One of Major Howell’s rhododendrons hybrids above Rookery path. rhododendrons hybrids 2022 – CHW Thunderstorms and welcome rain last…

10th July

…Just an extension of the clump in reality. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’ is just out. A startling blue indeed and…

19th July

…below on Hovel Cart Road. Easily the best show in the garden today. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ 2021 – CHW I find 30 or so cattle in the…

20th April

…the Auklandii Garden where a clump of unnamed rhododendron hybrids, originally layers from our former seedling hybrids in the Rookery, are full out. The new layers here have taken so…

21st April

…A view of Rhododendron williamsianum x decorum hybrids. Rhododendron williamsianum x decorum hybrids Prunus matsumae ‘Hokusai’ with huge flowers. Prunus matsumae ‘Hokusai’ Prunus matsumae ‘Hokusai’ Prunus ‘Hally Jolievette’ with rather…

14th May

…White’ One of Jaimie’s hybrids above Crinodendron Hedge has a pleasant pink hue. Jaimie’s hybrids Jaimie’s hybrids Jaimie’s hybrids Rhododendron polyandrum beside it. Rhododendron polyandrum Rhododendron polyandrum Rhododendron davidsonianum above…

16th April

hybrids Rhododendron williamsianum hybrids 2016 – CHW Out of the blue a request for a garden tour by a Northamptonshire landowner who arrived in a small blue helicopter which he…

17th March

…Nothing very good as to daffs.1921 – JCW A long way behind 1920. The Mrs Butler hybrids are good and the white Auklandii hybrids are just starting. The Berberis hedges…

26th May

…they are Rhododendron flammeum or Rhododendron bakeri hybrids. In so far as they were called anything my father referred to them as American azalea hybrids. If this (or similar US…