12th June

…Rhododendron auriculatum Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ (an auriculatum x (pink) decorum hybrid) also just showing colour. Early this year and also few flowers. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar

10th June

…‘Pink Polar Bear’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ smelling very lemonish. This is a superb magnolia with a long flowering span. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ New growth on Gevuina…

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…

11th July

Bear’ – some plants out and some not. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Seedheads forming on a youngish Meliosma veitchiorum for the first time. Meliosma veitchiorum Illicium henryi in full flower but…

15th July

…Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ we have dotted about. You pass them twice a week but never think or look twice until July. There are three in the Rirei Opening which I…

8th August

…never know. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ A good Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ in the Ririei Opening. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Bright pink anthers on Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’…

26th October

…‘Pink Polar Bear’ which flowers in July! Getting its seasons wrong I fear. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ 2016 – CHW The formal registration certificate for Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ has just…

25th September

…avellana A few tail end flowers on Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’. They appear now after rain. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Flower buds nearly out on Camellia taliensis Camellia taliensis In…

1st September

…the same to the other clump now alongside the Main Quarry. Rhododendron davidsonianum Magnolia ‘Sunray’ with a solitary secondary flower. Magnolia ‘Sunray’ Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ below the Hovel Cart Road….

29th August

…Lithocarpus cleistocarpus The new Rookery clearing is now more or less complete. Rookery clearing Rookery clearing 2022 – CHW A shriveled and rather pathetic display on Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ below…

25th August

…Peter Mills. I had thought this was Rhododendron glanduliferum from afar earlier this week but, on closer inspection, it is Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’. The leaf shape is quite wrong for…

22nd August

…– CHW Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Heavy rain last night and rain all day with thunder in the evening. The Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ is just out outside the Back Yard but…

20th August

…forming on Meliosma oldhamii as we had hoped. Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii Fallen flowers on the ground from Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ by Georges Hut. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Another flower out…

25th July

…opening. Magnolia kwangtungensis Very late in the year flowers on the elderly Lithocarpus cleistocarpus. Lithocarpus cleistocarpus This clump of Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ already nearly over by George’s Hut. Rhododendron ‘Polar

6th August

Bear’ full out by Georges Hut. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ First flowering with us of the new Clethra monostachya. One for Asia to now propagate. Attractive leaf formation. Clethra monostachya Clethra…

26th July

…maddenii is the last of our groups to flower. Exquisite scent today. Self-sown Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ seedlings by Georges Hut at their best but several not out as yet. Rhododendron…

17th July

…Sensation’ just out with a hint of pink. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ As is Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Berberis insigne var insigne now restaked upright with…

6th July

…2022 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ covered in 40 to 50 butterflies. Mainly speckled woods I think. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar

28th June

…var. giganteum. Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum Rhododendron montroseanum. Rhododendron montroseanum Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ 2023 – CHW The one seedling from Araucaria angustifolia which Jaimie and…

21st June

…below the pen in Brownberry Hydrangea ‘Taube’ just starting. Hydrangea ‘Taube’ Only a very few flowers on Rhododendron auriculatum this year. Rhododendron auriculatum Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ the best thing…