4th June

…sale yesterday at Tregrehan. Brassaiopsis mitis (ex-Raf Lenaerts) Brassaiopsis mitis (ex-Raf Lenaerts) Caesalpinia gilliesii just coming out. Caesalpinia gilliesii Styrax formosanus var. hayatiainus. Styrax formosanus var. hayatiainus First flowering of…

1st March 1897 – 2020

…an Exbury form which we have not stocked before. It will not be out for six weeks. Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron calostrotum subsp riparium Nitens…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…by Maurice Foster who sends me three pictures from his garden in Kent. Magnolia sargentiana robusta (Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick…

26th March 1897 – 2020

…canadense (dark form) Rhododendron canadense (dark form) The vile racist discrimination against Spanish bluebells is misplaced as I have said often before. Here are a few half castes nearby which…

11th December

form of Camellia saluenensis is now full out. pale form of Camellia saluenensis pale form of Camellia saluenensis pale form of Camellia saluenensis Zantedeschia aethiopica untouched by the frost. Zantedeschia…

26th July

…has the purple stripe come from? magnolia which I thought was a x loebneri named form magnolia which I thought was a x loebneri named form The drought has done…

21st April

…Tin Garden Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink Form’ getting going as young plants. Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink Form’ Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink Form’ The Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling pollarded in the…

21st May

…Deutzia longifolia (white form) is newly planted by Tin Garden. Deutzia longifolia (white form) Deutzia longifolia (white form) A good new young Magnolia wilsonii (DJHC 98369) with its first, and…

6th May

…Neolitsea sericea ‘Yellow Leaf’ (CWJ 12830) – now a third form of N. sericea to admire. Very golden! Neolitsea sericea ‘Yellow Leaf’ (CWJ 12830) A newly planted Rhododendron vaseyi ‘White…

5th May

…of the scented rhodo’s would not respond well to this sort of chopping back but formosum has. Unexpected! Rhododendron formosum Rhododendron formosum Rhododendron ‘Tibet’ a (new to us) williamsianum hybrid,…

4th May

form. Rhododendron roxieanum Rhododendron bureavioides which I had forgotten about. On checking it is in fact Rhododendron bureavii (AC 2072). Rhododendron bureavii (AC 2072) Rhododendron bureavii (AC 2072) Another fine…

25th April

…Heron’ The best thing in the garden by far was a Cypripedium formosanum, Lady’s Slipper Orchid, and naturalising itself willingly. Cypripedium formosanum Cypripedium formosanum Shortia soldanelloides which looked like a…

11th April

…white as one might expect from this named form of the species. Rhododendron hyperythrum ‘Omo’ A new camellia with the unlikely name of Camellia ‘Manuroad Road’ – from Stervinou originally….

16th June

…Most S. japonicus and S. formosanus forms nearly over. Styrax wuyuanensis A small flowered form of Rhododendron maddenii below Donkey Shoe just showing. Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor just…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…pitardii which came from Crug Farm under a collector’s number has no scent! John Marston wrote in the RCM Group newsletter that his pure white form does. Perhaps ours are…

21st March 1897 – 2020

…Zandee’. The latter grows nearby so this is, I think, the former. Confusing to have two named forms of the same cross. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’…

23rd February 1897 – 2020

…website (which you can see there) to explain the differences in more detail. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia campbellii…

22nd February 1897 – 2020

…newly potted cuttings and seedlings (loads) and to see what is in flower.Tom Hudson’s gift of a wild collected Magnolia martinii (his number 3930) which has a different leaf form

19th February 1897 – 2020

…hope our early visitors are.Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ The yellow form of Magnolia campbellii full out. yellow form of…

2nd March

…many of them. Camellia ‘Kick Off’ Camellia ‘Spring Formal’ is a Nuccio introduction from 1986 which seems, with us, to be a sparse flowerer. Camellia ‘Spring Formal’ Camellia ‘Spring Formal’…