…Lodge garden. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ is flowering properly by the walled garden for the first time. Bred by Nigel Holman at Chyverton it looks like a good campbellii alba…

…Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ – OUTSTANDING and a huge flower Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne…

…Fallen old red leaves below Nothofagus fusca. This tree was collected in New Zealand by Sir Harold Hillier and given to my father. Nothofagus fusca 2020 – CHW It is…

…Rhododendron lonigerum Pinus ponderosa Pinus ponderosa Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ Camellia ‘Harold L Paige’ (‘Adolphe Audusson’ x ‘Crimson Robe’) Camellia ‘Harold L Paige’ Perhaps a…

…of Rhododendron loderi ‘Sir Edmund’ flowering well for the first time. (Sir Edmund Loder presumably?) Rhododendron loderi ‘Sir Edmund’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Sir Edmund’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Sir Edmund’ The 15-20 sacrifice…

…magnolia, after the wife of Sir Harold Hillier). Camellia x reticulata ‘Ethel Hillier’ Camellia x reticulata ‘Christopher Petherick’ (c. reticulata ‘Royalty’ as one parent). Very serrated leaf edges. Camellia x…

…collected seed and named after Sir Harold’s mother. Magnolia campbellii ‘Ethel Hillier’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Ethel Hillier’ Views across the magnolia planting area at the centre of Forty Acres Wood. Nothing…

…like ‘large water lilies’. John Hillier observed the new plant in 2013 at an early flowering and confirmed the flower was exactly like the plants in the Hillier arboretum of…

…2. ‘Felix Jury’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ 3. ‘Purple Sensation’ x ‘Felix Jury ‘ 4. ‘Sir Harold Hiller’ x ‘Lanarth Surprise ‘ 5. ‘Betty Jessel’x ‘Feix Jury’ 6. ‘Betty Jessel ‘…

…far out as this before. I see this listed in Hillier’s but John Hillier and many others failed to identify or recognise it over many years. Vaccinum urceolatum Vaccinum urceolatum…