RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…x thompsonii) Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Wonderful peeling park on this young Stewartia sinensis planted in 2008. Useful for my forthcoming stewartia article. Stewartia sinensis…

20th May 1897 – 2020

…lady who got into the bath with the paeonies. Justin has more revealing pictures which I will not show here! painted (and largely naked) lady Peace and quiet at a…

18th April 1897 – 2020

…Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Likewise some young Rhododendron burmanicum. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum I peeled the bark off an elderly Betula albosinensis to show how you can…

5th March 1897 – 2020

…is probably too old for that now anyway. A bit of dung around the roots would help. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 2015 – CHW Magnolia ‘Strybing White’ Following…

1st March

…flower. Camellia ‘Debutante’ Camellia ‘Debutante’ Camellia ‘Lady Saumarez’ here, in full sun, has yellowish foliage. Camellia ‘Lady Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Lady Saumarez’ Looking at 50 different camellias in flower today Camellia…

17th March

…Corylopsis sinensis Corylopsis sinensis Camellia reticulata ‘Lovely Lady’ flowering properly for the first time 4 years on from planting. Camellia reticulata ‘Lovely Lady’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lovely Lady’ Camellia reticulata ‘Larry…

1st April

…reticulata ‘Lovely Lady’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lovely Lady’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ and Camellia x williamsii ‘Caerhays’ both nearly over. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ This is very probably not a Wilson 50 variety…

5th April

…or possibly Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Lady Woodsman’ (M. brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Pink Surprise’) flowering for the first time. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Pink Royalty’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’. Magnolia…

26th April

…‘Pink Surprise’ which is now called ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ or so I read in the Eisenhut book. ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ ‘LADY WOODSMAN’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ with its extraordinary…

17th May

…Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ and Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ and Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Unknown but spectacular rose. rose rose…

13th June

…Festival 2026. Under the lychgate. Outside the entrance. Some of the wonderful displays in the Lady Chapel. Some of the wonderful displays in the Lady Chapel. Some of the wonderful…

25th June

…‘Sir Charles Lemon’ Viburnum setigerum with seed heads ripening. Viburnum setigerum Viburnum setigerum Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ below the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ 2025 – CHW Buddleja loricata…

28th June

…‘Lavender Lady’ Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claret’ – a plant I have always wanted to try but rockery really. Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claret’ 2021 – CHW A pity the…

3rd July

…climber, needs more support. Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ Phygelius x rectus ‘Devil’s Tears’ is now about 6ft by 6ft and perfectly out in flower. The flowers have flared…

11th July

…perhaps only in Crug Farm catalogues. 2025 – CHW Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ – planted in 2003. Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Alpengluhen’ – a good medium sized red…

23rd July

…first three flowers. Planted last year and doing well. Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ 2016 – CHW Jaimie and Michael visited Seaview ten days ago to tidy up the…

27th July

…a much better colour than last year. wisteria wisteria 2019 – CHW Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ below the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Seed heads on Dipteronia sinensis. This…

17th August

…Jubilee’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Carmine’ and Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’ Anemone ‘Pretty Lady Susan’ Monarda ‘Knight Violet’ and Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’…

29th October

…coggygria ‘Young Lady’ – some yellow with the red. Cotinus coggygria ‘Young Lady’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Young Lady’ Put the two together and you would have one hell of an autumn…

12th August

…paniculata ‘Tardiva’ planted in 1996 and now in need of pruning back. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ – likewise. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Sorbus…