…Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’. Too high up for any scent. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Last flower on Lapageria rosea which was first out in August. Amazing longevity. Lapageria…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Another clump of Rhododendron mucronulatum with paler flowers below the Fernery. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum This horse chestnut tree got…

…Magnolia campbellii Flowers now out low down on Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ and the scent is good today. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ View 22nd January 1897 – 2020…

…Range Rover windscreen! Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ now full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ coming out properly. Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ Frosted…

…are back into wet, westerly and mild conditions.First flower high up on Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ by the side door. No scent yet. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ The…

…of white on the grass is all we have had although a cold east wind today. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ has quite a few flowers out now and this…

…I can get decent quality (ie not mobile) ‘live’ pictures back from Chelsea.I first photographed flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ in December. Here are the last few flowers…

…November) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ (first out late November) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ (first out late November) Camellia ‘Mary Jobson’ (first out January) Camellia ‘Mary Jobson’ (first out January) An incredibly long…

…Jobson’ still has a few decent flowers. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Here is a very fine Cercis siliquastrum flowering in a garden at Llanfair Court in Monmouthshire. It seeds…

…the front door Outside the front arch. Outside the front arch Outside the front arch Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ flowering superbly. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ The…

…‘Mary Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ The thing which, to my mind, makes this…

…x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ takes some beating. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ Camellia ‘Duchess Decaze’ also blemished. Camellia ‘Duchess Decaze’ Camellia ‘Duchess…

…by far the best of the bholuas. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Forty squirrels in the last two weeks. Finally the problem is…

…editor of the Western Morning News have a wry chuckle. 2015 – CHW CAMELLIA ‘Lulu Belle’ CAMELLIA ‘Pink Icicle’ CAMELLIA ‘Mary Costa’ Browned ‘Mary Costa’ Too overcast really for photography…

…bicolor especially good. Fascicularia bicolor Fascicularia bicolor 2018 – CHW For the second year a pigeon has nested in Camellia ‘Mary Jobson’ beside the side door. Only about 6-7ft from…

…over ‘Mary Rose’ has been in bud but showing colour for weeks. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ The original 1913 Magnolia campbellii at…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ Could not resist Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ yet again! Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ New…

…Werrington has Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Burncoose has Rhododendron ‘Cornish loderi’. The flowers prove it even more! Mary Ashworth’s Rhododendron ‘Cornish loderi’ Mary Ashworth’s Rhododendron ‘Cornish loderi’ Mary Ashworth’s…

…first flower near George’s Hut on Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’. Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ Roosting rook and jackdaw droppings on the huge leaves of Aucuba omeiensis. Aucuba omeiensis Camellia japonica…

…just missed Persea japonica in the foreground (three ‘japonicas’ in two days!). silver fir silver fir silver fir Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ just starting to show at the top of the…