…down The camellia tunnel looks healthy, nicely pruned of secondary growth, and covered in buds. camellia tunnel Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia ‘Kick Off’ in bud….

…2 months. Michelia doltsopa The other half of the mature Gevuina avellana has been blown over in the gale. Gevuina avellana Flower buds well formed on the Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh…

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ – a month early above Rogers Quarry. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Plenty of flowers for next spring on Lindera megaphylla. Lindera megaphylla Last week Edward Bolitho…

…is out by the Orchid House Nursery as is the elderly ‘Hugh Evans’ above the quarry. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ 2015 – CHW Found the two…

…williamsii ‘J C Williams’ The clump of Zantedeschia aethiopica outside my office are in rude health! Zantedeschia aethiopica A tail end and unusually late flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’….

…loo. Tree heather cut back and ivy off the wall. clear up above the gents loo The second Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ is full out in a pot by the…

…early colour and which are in the collection of an amateur photographer called Hugh Charles Knowles which is housed at the V&A Museum. The collection contains pictures of gardens and…

…Sunset’ Camellia ‘Dazzler’ now full out. Other Camellia sasanquas out today included ‘Hugh Evans’. Camellia ‘Dazzler’ Camellia ‘Dazzler’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ with its attractively mottled autumn leaves. Cercis canadensis…

…at Gorwell near Barnstaple I was struck by how far ahead of him we are here. He showed sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ (long over) and (just starting) sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ which…

…mother (Alice), her long-time nurse (Olivia) and gardener (Hugh). Alice was 92 on the Saturday. The plane is four hours late arriving at Newquay on the Friday night so the…