…for decades in the ground. Well worth Asia collecting the seed – very pretty! Verbascum nigrum Verbascum nigrum Verbascum nigrum Sorbus yuana just getting going in Tin Garden with secondary…

…Quite pretty and one which needs to escape the strimmer too. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica I had guessed that this was a Stachys or a Lamium species but,…

…way I find Deutzia ningpoensis (chunii) which we need pictures for on the website. Very pretty as it comes out. Deutzia ningpoensis Deutzia ningpoensis Deutzia ningpoensis Deutzia ningpoensis The first…

…Now it certainly is! Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Wisteria ‘Violacea Plena’ (syn ‘Black Dragon’) is a sparse flowerer with us but a pretty unique double flowered form well worth growing….

…serratifolia? Pretty similar to the Photinia behind the Camellia ‘Captain Rawes’. Photinia serratifolia Photinia serratifolia Ilex fargesii which died out here long ago. A good tree which we need to…

…Meliosma pinnata var. oldhamii – flowered here last year for the first time – see this diary)Pretty much a ‘buggers muddle’ as we will now see!1. This was planted in…

…the nursery at Burncoose but it was red (I think). Perhaps it will change colour when full out but pretty ‘wishy washy’ here. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ The…

…hardy to -7°. Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ You seldom see Aucuba japonica ‘Rozanne’ actually in flower. Rather pretty close up. Aucuba japonica ‘Rozanne’ Aucuba japonica…

…our records since 1965 or earlier. twigs twigs twigs twigs twigs Ilex forrestii (syn. corallina) – this keys out pretty accurately in all respects as regards leaf size, petioles, only…

…than ‘Touch of Pink’ (silly name as said before). Pretty silly name here too! I wonder who dreamt that up. MICHELIA foveolata MICHELIA foveolata The Michelia foveolata is, I am…

…the garden. Sometimes I think they are OK and sometimes I think a pretty poor form of sargentiana with small flowers. Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329)…

…they are pretty pathetic ‘flowers’ – merely fat anthers with pollen. The tree is a remarkable shape and beautiful as it starts to leaf up. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum…

…same flower clusters. Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ This was a gift from Roy Lancaster last year. We are pretty sure it is Pittosporum illiciodes var. angustifolium which has…

…loebneri ‘Champaign’ flowering for the first time in Old Park. An odd name but quite pretty. A US loebneri hybrid which is an improvement on the pinks and well worth…

…Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ This is another younger Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ above Crinodendron Hedge. You could be forgiven for saying the first Peachy (above) and this one are pretty similar! This…

…campestre ‘Red Shine’ Although this is incorrectly labelled Abies bicolor var. alcoquiana it is in fact the pretty rare Picea alcoquiana (syn. Picea bicolor). Most attractive today with male upright…

…lot more. Melicytus obovatus Melicytus obovatus It took us a while to sort out the identity of our Melicytus species but I am pretty certain that this is Melicytus crassifolius…

…where I have seen it in flower (Gorwell video and Tregrehan), it is a pretty dull thing with tiny flowers and not really a species to grow except in a…

…eximium Rhododendron eximium Rhododendron eximium The pretty ghastly Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ which we have seen elsewhere recently. Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Prunus ‘Shirofugen’ growing away nicely on the drive. This replaces…

…pretty, also the Stransvaesias. Several blooms on Lutescens and the two Decorums have flowers. 1916 – JCW An Rho thomsonii shows flower, some R fastigiatum and that is about all….