…Still plenty of decent scented flowers on Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Deutzia longifolia – White Form in Tin Garden. Deutzia longifolia Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ now full…

…racemosum. We have one very old plant in the garden of this unusual white form (normally pink). Rhododendron racemosum Asia’s cutting grown plants of Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ are very…

…reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ Camellia reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ Camellia reticulata ‘Emma Gaet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Emma Gaet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Royalty’ Camellia reticulata ‘Royalty’ Camellia reticulata ‘Miss Tulare’ Camellia reticulata ‘Miss…

…with a SE wind. Camellia japonica ‘Miss Charleston’ just out. Camellia japonica ‘Miss Charleston’ A young Camellia transnokoensis with its first flowers. We lost a large established plant of this…

…miss the autumn colour for which magnolias are not well known. magnolias outside the back yard magnolias outside the back yard magnolias outside the back yard Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’…

…Bergenia cordifolia ‘Rotblum’ out in flower already. Bergenia cordifolia ‘Rotblum’ Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ out earlier than usual as well. Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ Astrantia ‘Roma’ is a new entry…

…am missing in the garden today. Magnolia ‘Anilou’ turns out to be as good a yellow as its writeups have suggested. Magnolia ‘Anilou’ Crataegus combyi Crataegus combyi Crataegus combyi Crataegus…

…I had missed the buds and was slightly worried about the identification. Malus x micromalus Ilex perado subsp. perado in flower. Ilex perado subsp. perado Magnolia wilsonii (DJHC 98369) Magnolia…

…planted circa 2006/7. rhododendron rhododendron Camellia reticulata ‘Miss Tulare’ is huge and excellent. Camellia reticulata ‘Miss Tulare’ Suddenly out high up without us noticing is Rhododendron stenaulum (now Rhododendron moulmainense)….

…‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A huge elderly clump of Rhododendron loderi which I usually miss during Chelsea week is out early. Quite a sight today. Rhododendron…

…species nova. Parastyrax species nova Magnolia ernestii now full out. Magnolia ernestii Camellia reticulata ‘Miss Tulare’. Camellia reticulata ‘Miss Tulare’ Camellia reticulata ‘Holly Bright’. Camellia reticulata ‘Holly Bright’ A bonfire…

…which I have seen before with white berries but never (here) before with its minuscule yellow flowers in profusion. You can easily see how we might have missed them! We…

…Magnolia ‘Lois’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ just showing but not with much scent as yet. We never thought this variety tough enough to develop and grow but it is now…

…‘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….

…M. ‘Mixed up Miss’, M. ‘Touch of Pink’, M. maudiae, M. foveolata and (from Burncooose) M. macclurei. The consensus after dinner was that M. macclurei was indeed the true species…

…Prunus ‘Felix Jury’ Prunus ‘Felix Jury’ Prunus ‘Felix Jury’ Camellia reticulata ‘Miss Tulare’. Camellia reticulata ‘Miss Tulare First flowering of this camellia gifted (as cuttings) from Hergest Croft Gardens but…

…williamsii ‘Debbie’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Debbie’ A rather battered early flower on Camellia japonica ‘Miss Charleston’. Camellia japonica ‘Miss Charleston’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ now full out and undamaged in Penvergate….

…handbook. Rhododendron araiophyllum Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ coming out properly now. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ also just opening. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ looks a…

…of new flower buds. Verbena bonariensis Attached are a few pictures of the sadly missing grandchildren and John & Katie taken yesterday in Bristol lockdown. We may not have missed…

…pieris. I always seem to miss it when full out usually after walking under the tree several times! Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Rubus ichangensis is still in flower….