…stem Camellia bailinshanica: Red new growth Camellia pitardii: Pale pink – ours is red! Is it correctly named? Perhaps. Camellia tanganica: Most fragrant of all camellias Carpinus monobeigiana Cathaya argyrophylla:…

…Jaimie’s magnolia crosses with seed safely gathered up for sowing in the spring. seed Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ (‘Shizuka’) just turning colour. Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’ with autumn…

…gemmata and Daphne cneorum – Azalea ‘Fragrant Star’ is new to our catalogue Azalea ‘Fragrant Star’ – Agathosma capensis fully in flower Agathosma capensis – Scilla peruviana just coming out…

…Jon have worked incredibly hard in the previous three days to get this far. The Rayner fountain at the centre of the stand has a burst pipe so Giles has…

…rose rose The yew avenue was cut down to about 8ft and is now kept trimmed. yew avenue Azalea ‘Rosebud’ and Photinia davidiana ‘Pink Marble’. Azalea ‘Rosebud’ The fountain under…

…They had a power cut so entrance half price at £4.00, the tearooms shut and the fountain display (bigger than the butterfly bit) rather dull.The butterfly bit was ‘hot’ so…

…and Yucca The clock tower has recently been restored. The clock tower The lower fountain has been subject to subsidence. The lower foundation A huge clump of Arbutus unedo and…

…and might even be deemed to have attractive new growth.The new leaves of Schefflera taiwaniana are described as ‘a fountain when hit by low sun’. Ejaculatory certainly!Schefflera macrophylla has rusty…

…have to give an impromptu talk while they look sniffily at us drinking pink champagne before 10.45am. One of the nozzles of the fountain is quite clearly misdirected and squirting…

…the final plant labels. We cannot now reach some of the plants on the centre of the stand so much balancing and reaching with long bamboos. The fountain has lost…