19th November

…its name with pink seed capsules. The best new autumn colour that I have seen for ages. Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Cotoneaster…

7th January

…‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ We left this old yew tree in the Isla Rose Plantation to try to grow climbing roses up it. Two failures so…

17th April

…campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Liverwort spreading up a beech tree by Tin Garden. Liverwort Rhododendrons ‘Saffron Queen’ and ‘Michael’s Pride’ just starting to open. Also a month…

14th May

…old age after about 25 to 30 years. Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ Rhododendron ‘Germania’ Rhododendron ‘Germania’ Rhododendron ‘Germania’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ shot…

24th January

…equally impressive. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ 2024 – CHW Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ in Kennel Close has…

22nd May

…to white. A very good plant although grafted onto a Crataegus. Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue…

21st December

…both on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ A smallish plant of Camellia ‘Winton’ now nicely out beside ‘Winter Intruder’. Camellia ‘Winton’…

19th October

…Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ has a good yellow hue. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ is changing nicely too. Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ Catalpa bignonoides ‘Aurea’ with secondary…

17th May

…Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ was good on the stand last year. Now useless. Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ is always late and has made it some years….

17th November

…were out. Camellia “Winter’s Charm” – only just out and the large seed pods seen earlier have dropped. Camellia “Winter’s Charm” Camellia “Winter’s Toughie” – a large semi double pink…

1st May

…flowering for the first time. Enkianthus serrulatus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ just out. Also a newly planted group and with loads of flower. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Then a big…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 4)

Ruby’ (from Slieve Donard). Rhododendron ‘Bagshot Ruby’ Rhododendron ‘Bagshot Ruby’ Labelled Embothrium coccineum longifolium – redder flowers with longer trumpets than I have ever seen anywhere else on this trip….

1st March

…unnamed young magnolia hybrid is performing. This is Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x Magnolia ‘JC Williams’. My vote so far is 6/10. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x Magnolia ‘JC Williams’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s…

7th November

…– flowers fade rapidly from red to pink. Saxifraga ‘Black Ruby’ Saxifraga ‘Black Ruby’ Libertia caerulescens – a very late flower with seed pods. Libertia caerulescens Sarcocca wallichii – no…

31st July

‘Ruby Wine’ in full flower and very fine indeed. By euonymus standards a very large flower. Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ 2019 – CHW Interesting to compare…

27th July

…Griotte’ in perfect flower by the till. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Planet Griotte’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’ almost out in flower! Peculiar! Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’ Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’…

25th July

…Forty Niner’ Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Glaucum’ finally getting away after a slow start from 14 years ago. Sequoiadendron giganteum Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ – the red bark has just…

1st July

…two years on from planting with all its leaves eaten on two branches. Betula ‘China Ruby’ Betula ‘China Ruby’ Flower heads emerging on Platycarya strobilacea together with secondary new growth….

7th October

…grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ with a multitude of seed pods which will colour up more. The undersides of the leaves are already a tremendous colour. Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Euonymus grandiflorus…

28th October

…to nine feet tall bush. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Charm’ is another delicate pink but only one flower again as yet. Unlike all…