5th April

…with red centres. Catkins in profusion all over. Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula dahurica ‘Maurice Foster’…

6th April

…Rhododendron williamsianum x martinianum A totally different and very elderly form of Rhododendron sinogrande on the drive with near white flowers. Rhododendron sinogrande 2022 – CHW White bluebells in a…

17th November

…to stock ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Dazzler’ – excellent ‘Dazzler‘Dazzler‘Dazzler’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ – another Loder one ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson…

14th May

…stayed in the Rabbit Warren. John Whitehead John Whitehead John Whitehead A self-sown seedling of Aesculus wilsonii which had, unusually, escaped the mice. 2022 – CHW More new things leafing…

30th April

white Abutilon vitafolium but we could be wrong? white form of Abutilon x suntense white form of Abutilon x suntense The Olearia scillionensis is full out beside the car park…

25th March

…dwarf growing Rhododendron canadense just coming out. Rhododendron canadense Magnolia ‘Elisa Odenwald’ has one white flower. This is a Todd Gresham hybrid between M. x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ and M….

27th March

…A bit late out for this but full shade here. Camellia tsai Camellia tsai Magnolia ‘Burncoose White’ (or ‘Tennis Court’) – the near white form of mollicomata is flowering profusely…

8th November

…so ago. Perhaps Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ is however the best single dark red? Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ 2017 – CHW Amazingly, and…

11th November

‘Dazzler’ Camellia heimalis ‘Dazzler’ A cut flower of Camellia ‘Dazzler’ alongside Camellia heimalis ‘Sparkling Burgundy’. Camellia heimalis ‘Dazzler’ Camellia heimalis ‘Dazzler’ Camellia ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ below the borehole. I may have…

11th March

…fontanesiana Whitewater ‘Howw’ Leucothoe fontanesiana Whitewater ‘Howw’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ – a great deal better than our erratic ‘Marbled White’. Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Pittosporum dallii Schefflera delavayi…