…Hunt meet Four Burrow Hunt meet First flowers out on Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ – I saw a truss at the show and could not believe it would be out…

Back to the 25th April First day of our annual trip to Ireland, first stop Hillsborough Castle Gardens…… A fine isolated clump of Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’. Rhododendron loderi ‘King…

…not it. Rhododendron ‘Loderi King George’ Rhododendron ‘Loderi King George’ I have written an article for publication today on styrax but I needed some decent pictures of the unusual colouration…

…in the Burncoose catalogue. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ Photinio villosa var. coreana now has massed ripe fruits. We saw the other two forms of P. villosa with berries…

…‘King George’ Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ First flowers showing colour on Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’. Lots more still to come. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ First flowers on this Rhododendron rothschildii….

…davidsonianum in various colours. Rhododendron davidsonianum Rhododendron davidsonianum First flowers out on Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ The best camellia in the garden today is Camellia ‘Fairy…

…hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis Malus ‘Jelly King’ with ripe fruits. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ 2022 – CHW A huge Pinus insignis tree twists, turns, and falls at the Red…

…this year. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Another Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ full of secondary flowers with the usual autumnal slug damage. Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ A wet day so…

…first garden as a child aged 5 which was created with George Blandford. Scilla peruviana Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ looking good at The Vean. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ The story of this…

…all have them. All travel plans and planned business meetings in chaos as a result of the funeral. My brother and I were scheduled to meet George Eustice (the Burncoose…

…and the reference books say that there are several forms. Rhododendron kiyosumense Rhododendron kiyosumense The elderly but huge clump of Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ is just coming out. Smaller plants…

…‘King George’ at least a month early. Scent gorgeous in the sun. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Lizzie with ‘the pack’ below Burns Bank. Rio and Billy are both nearly 14…

…‘George Blandford’. Variable in shape and form as ever. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Trevor Green’s gift of Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ looking good but not…

…½ of (Narcissi) King A open. 1907 – JCW Well ahead of 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1904. Citron is opening. Monarch open and nearly all King A. 1904 – JCW…

…‘Black Velvet’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ was a gift from Windsor Great Park and John Anderson. No doubt it will get more silvery. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver…

…growth. Rhodendron sinogrande Virtually leafless Sophora ‘Sun King’. Probably dead. Sophora ‘Sun King’ Sophora ‘Sun King’ Ligustrum confusum has shed nearly all its seed head in the drought. Normally a…

…on Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ which we planted out last spring in a very sheltered spot at the top of the garden. Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’…

…Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Dazzler’ – excellent ‘Dazzler’ ‘Dazzler’ ‘Dazzler’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ – another Loder one ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson King’…

…after this peculiar summer. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ Sorbus commixta var. sachalinensis heavily laden with fruit. The largest crop so far on this 13 year old tree. Sorbus…

…identity of this one was a puzzle which we could not solve on the Photinia investigation day. Cracking on the main stem of this multi stemmed tree by Georges Hut….