…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…

…today as Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’ but we were given it by John Bond at Windsor under the first name. Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’ Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’…

…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….

…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 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….

…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…

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…

…is in Sichuan. I thought we had at least one plant of this which was probably a gift from Kew or Windsor. This species is very late indeed into leaf…

…‘Black Velvet’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ was a gift from Windsor Great Park and John Anderson. No doubt it will get more silvery. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver…

…Windsor. Huge flowers. An excellent magnolia which I think they bred and named although not in Jim Gardiner’s magnolia book? Who was Phelan Bright? Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’…

…sinensis This is Acer aperantha (Wilson 136) from Windsor in 2011. It has just leafed up (badly) after the rain. I had already written it off. Acer aperantha Stunning and…

…an odd leaf with three points at the end of it. I saw this at Windsor on Monday and had coveted it then but forgotten it was on order anyway…

…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 after…

…a ‘first’ at Windsor with this. Rhododendron monstroseanum Rhododendron monstroseanum 2017 – CHW Judging camellias with Jennifer Trehane at the show. More classes than I expected but four judges was…

…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…