…plants labelled Parakmeria lotungensis. I think this should now be named Magnolia lotungensis which is quite similar to Magnolia nitida when I saw it at Tregrehan. Parakmeria lotungensis Jasminum nudiflorum…

…Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’ 2023 – CHW A drizzly day and more meetings at Burncoose. Surprising what else was out in flower and the many signs of frost damage.Jasminum nudiflorum –…

…jasminum ‘Album’ still with flower in a tunnel. Solarium jasminum ‘Album’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ just out. Other varieties still to show colour. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’…

…quite quickly barring the usual horticultural disasters. 2021 – CHW Rhododendron nobleanum now full out on the drive. Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Jasminum nudiflorum on the stone faced earth bank…

…vernalis ‘Dawn’ is just coming below the nursery window but still far from fully out. Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ Jasminum officinale now with plenty of flower clusters. Jasminum officinale Erigeron karvinskianus…

…punctatum a bit earlier than last year I think? Aextoxicon punctatum Jasminum polyanthum starting to flower. Although a conservatory plant it survives reasonably well on the castle wall with dieback…

…major Plenty of seed heads forming on Acacia dealbata overhanging the garden. Acacia dealbata Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ and Jasminum officinale affine flowering nicely together outside the doorway into the garden. Hypericum…

…Mr Hodge visited JCW in 1924. Perhaps a niveum x argenteum cross? ‘Hodges Pink Argenteum’ Jasminum duclouxii in the greenhouse. Jasminum duclouxii Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Rhododendron nuttallii…

…a white Camellia, some bits of Nobleanum and Sasangua. R mucronulatum is nice and it opens well in water, nothing here to touch the Jasminum nudiflorum at Werrington. 1913 –…

…Japonica has a flower or two. R mucronulatum is about its best, Lapageria a few, Coums come on, the first snowdrops just show colour. Jasminum nudiflorum is far the best…