…flowered. A gift from Windsor. Digitalis sceptrum Isoplexis canariensis is very similar in flower and ‘foxglove-like’. Isoplexis canariensis Tibouchina rossa (BSWJ 10758) really is an exceptional colour. Easy to propagate…

…of Madeira is gorgeous in flower. A tender plant given to us by Windsor Great Park this year (John Anderson). Leaf looks a bit like Isoplexis as does the flower….

…eventually ripe. Quercus variabilis Escallonia resinosa now full out. Burncoose stocked this years ago but this plant is a gift from Windsor. Escallonia resinosa Escallonia resinosa Crataegus wattiana covered in…

…smaller flowers than for the last two years. Clethra monostachya Clethra monostachya Purple seed heads and Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Escallonia resinosa was a gift from Windsor Great Park. Escallonia…

…which has mottled pink flowers or pink blotches and a nice scent. This is not out yet but John Bond, former keeper of the gardens at Windsor, said this is…

…and first seen by us properly until last spring at Windsor and Wisley. They come from northern Japan and have been bred by one family over two or three generations….

…I think, as I/we have now sorted out. Ilex georgii died out as did my Windsor replacement plant. 2019 – CHW Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ now has ripe seed showing…

…A drooping habit from 20ft or so and very distinct bark. This, like the other cotoneaster, was a 1991 gift from Windsor. What is this cotoneaster What is this cotoneaster…

…Cotoneaster glomerulatus Cotoneaster glomerulatus The variegated leaved Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ was a gift from Windsor. Autumn colour is starting to show up but not as I had expected it…

…then running the Savill Garden. It clearly had no label on arrival but I guess it is Mahonia gracilipes but I see that Windsor have produced a few named hybrids…

…I personally prefer. John Bond, a former Keeper of the Gardens at Windsor, always said ours was the true original sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua…

…small tree at Jane Scott’s house. We have C. frigidus ‘Inchmery’ here, originally from Windsor, but I have not seen anyone offering C. frigidus in the nursery trade nor C….

…with the outsides. We saw this last year at Windsor and it was an absolutely excellent newish variety there which was flowering late in the season. Similar perhaps to the…

This is a somewhat dull but comprehensive list of the exhibitions for the flower show, the first RHS Flower Show at the Savill Garden in Windsor. Click here to go…

…up – with just a few early flowers. Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ John Anderson, the keeper of the gardens from The Crown Estate at Windsor, called this week with a few…

…A gift from Windsor planted in 1991 and now a 30-40ft upright tree. Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia The wonderful red new growth on Reevsia sinica which is now growing well…

…This one was inevitably always pinched when we planted it at Windsor. Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Sunray’ is a very quick fader to a dullish cream colour….

…under this name which are the same. Ehretia thrysiflora Ehretia thrysiflora Ehretia macrophylla is more easily recognised as an Ehretia by its ‘raspy’ leaf. This was a gift from Windsor…

…for the RHS rhodo show. Click here to ALL see the exhibits we saw during the set up after six hours on the road and a dreadful journey to Windsor,…

…plants of Cinnamomum japonicum to the Burncoose catalogue. Here are some pictures of our 30 year old plant originally from Windsor which John Bond felt was too tender for them…