…similar spread after circa 25 years and in a windy situation. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ As expected this huge clump of white Rhododendron arboreum is 25% dead and…

…flower. Late for an evergreen like the ‘Elsie Lee’ seen last Sunday. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ A small tail end flower on Camellia ‘Drama Girl’; one of several and there will…

…Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ fades quickly in colour as you can see here. Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ First flower this year on Camellia x…

…Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ I had expected Camellia cuspidata to be out soon and have checked but here it suddenly is in the Rookery. Only one of the…

…Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Torrential rain has again badly flooded the water meadows and lake. The three islands are virtually under water with just the pampas showing. The…

…Camellia granthamiana Camellia granthamiana Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ just coming out with its gigantic flowers. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ The Magnolia campbellii which took 43 years to first flower…

…not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron russatum in the Rockery….

…at Rosemoor show next weekend. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Sycoparrotia semedicidua is far from deciduous after this winter. The flowers are supposed to be out in ‘late winter’…

…smell. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Down the bank the tender Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ remains in full radiant flower. It has survived here for several…

…girls’ names. Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ A carpet of fallen flowers under Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ is another of the ‘girls’. Very odd and…