Irish trip April 2018

…plant put in in 1961. Not as horrid as some evergreen camellias. Camellia japonica ‘Variegata’ Camellia japonica ‘Variegata’ Azara integrifolia var brownea with wonderful scent. Azara integrifolia var brownea Then…

15th October

…back in the Rockery rhododendrons and azaleas cut back in the Rockery Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ just out. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Unexpectedly good autumn colour are the dwarf…

14th October

…Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ starting its brilliant autumn tints. Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ Flowers on Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’. This form and Hoheria ‘Alba Variegata’ are both tender and struggle…

3rd October

…combination although the flowers last only a very few days in the greenhouse. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Four (of many) boxes of rhododendron seedlings grown the old fashioned…

22nd August

…in the younger leaves. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Cotoneaster hualiensis with a fine crop of berries again this year. Cotoneaster hualiensis Cotoneaster hualiensis Sorbus gonggashanica with…

3rd August

‘Variegata’ Gingko biloba ‘Variegata’ Flower buds showing and nearly out on Tilia kuisiana. This was in full flower in September last year. Tilia kuisiana Fruits forming early on Acer cappadocicum….

1st August

…the small tree. Gingko biloba ‘Variegata’ Gingko biloba ‘Variegata’ Rhododendron parishii (CWT 6346) with its first ever flower with us. A totally new species to us which looks similar but…

4th July

…likewise with the cornus. Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ and Clematis ‘General Sikorski’ Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ and Clematis ‘General Sikorski’ First flower buds on Japanese anemones contrast nicely too with nearly over…

20th November

…sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ only 8 weeks after flowering. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Seed heads on Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ are still green and unripe 4-6 weeks after flowering. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ 2022 –…

14th November

…urvilleana ‘Variegata’ Tibouchina urvilleana ‘Variegata’ Itea virginica ‘Merlot’ with autumn colours. Itea virginica ‘Merlot’ 2019 – CHW Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ has been more or less blown away recently and its…

25th October

…populnea ‘Variegata’ in full flower. It is usually a shy flower and borderline too tender to grow outside. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Seed cones on Platycarya strobilacea remain green still at…

22nd October

…on Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ First flower absurdely early, as it was last year on the same branch, on Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey…

2nd October

…where a branch got hit by a tree and has then reshot than on the top of the tree. Hoheria sextylosa Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ and ‘Alba Variegata’ which grow nearby…

30th September

…spring. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ is variegated in both leaf and flower. Rather attractive I think anyway although my father hated all variegated plants. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ 2016 – CHW The…

18th September

…sell by mail order or to nursery visitors. Corokias and Coprosmas Corokias and Coprosmas Aralia elata ‘Variegata’ now with ripe black berries. Aralia elata ‘Variegata’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’…

23rd June

…subsp. flexuosa Quercus cerris ‘Argenteovariegata’ showing up well now that all the shoots with reverted green leaves have been removed. Quercus cerris ‘Argenteovariegata’ Quercus cerris ‘Argenteovariegata’ 2019 – CHW The…

20th June

…Daphne Scott Harden’s garden in Durham. From the left Cornus ‘Norman Hadden’, C. controversa ‘Variegata’ and C. kousa with Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ and Abutilon vitifolium ‘Album’ on the right….

6th June

…‘Manhattan Lights’ Rosa ‘Kent’ a new one for the nursery. Rosa ‘Kent’ Also Rosa ‘Sussex’. Rosa ‘Sussex’ Rosea gallica ‘Variegata’ is something rather special. Rosea gallica ‘Variegata’ The hydrangea beds…

30th May

…out. Zelkova serrata ‘Variegata’ Rhamnus frangula ‘Asplenifolia’ with its thin feathery leaves. A relatively new genus to us although we did plant R. alaternus ‘Argenteovariegata’ which died. I see that…

16th May

…The rainstorms brought down a conifer on Laundry Hill. conifer on Laundry Hill Weigela florida ‘Variegata’ full out but with a few branches reverting to green. Weigela florida ‘Variegata’ Below…