11th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Dentata’ Aucuba japonica ‘Dentata’ Aucuba japonica ‘Dentata’ Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ – a good light pink form too which appeared to self sow itself. Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ Chionodoca…

8th March

…what a shape to the flower and on such a young plant. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…and new growth buds. Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ has very variable flowers as they open fully. Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ about to…

10th June

…the flowers are either white or pink but the pinker ones fade to red. About 5-6ft tall after 10 years and an outstanding small shrub. Weigelia coraeensis Weigelia coraeensis Weigelia…

7th April

…holocarpa ‘Innocence’ now fully out below the main fernery. The darker pink form was well over before this light pink form came out. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Storm Kathleen is the…

5th March

…oddly! Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Crystal’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Pink Champagne’ is not one I have seen out myself before. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Pink Champagne’ Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’ also unfrosted. Another…

12th February

…williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Camellia x williamsii ‘E.G. Waterhouse’ Camellia x williamsii ‘E.G. Waterhouse’ Camellia lutchuensis hybrid. Camellia lutchuensis hybrid Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) now full out on the Drive. Rhododendron…

11th September

…a tenant farmer 2021 – CHW Schefflera rhododendrifolia has grown to 10-12ft with a good crown and excellent bark. The roedeer are however nipping off the side shoots which would…

26th May

‘Pink Flush’ is out but has lost its ‘flush’ during Chelsea week. In bud as we left. Another few buds to come. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’…

22nd July

…‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ – starts as a pink lacecap and fades to green and white. Tall growing. Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ Hydrangea…

23rd April

…Magnolia ‘Pink Royalty’ x ‘Daybreak’. More Daybreak than Royalty I think and not, as yet, worthy of a name. Magnolia ‘Pink Royalty’ x ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia ‘Pink Royalty’ x ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia…

12th April

…x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ First Rhododendron loderi to flower this year…

21st June

…is there. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ and Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia Purpurea’. Ross has completed the new clearing at the very top of…

7th June

…of Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ The first flowers on Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ just emerging. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ First flowers just…

16th May

…an inch of rain yesterday. Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Camellia japonica ‘Kramer’s Beauty’ still with good flower at the…

11th June

‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’A proper evergreen with a large flower unlike our Magnolia virginiana by George’s Hut. The…

28th March

…‘Slavin’s 44’. Magnolia ‘Slavin’s 44’ Magnolia ‘Slavin’s 44’ Magnolia ‘Big Pink’ x ‘Werrington’ named ‘Cassandra’. Magnolia ‘Big Pink’ x ‘Werrington’ named ‘Cassandra’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’. Magnolia x loebneri…

16th September

…last two dry summers. The stump still very much alive but the crown shattered as it hit the ground and was obviously dead. I planted this tree to replace a…

17th April

…be if we wait a few days. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ now showing properly – we now have three plants of different ages all doing well…

5th April

‘Pink Royalty’ 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…