16th March 1897 – 2020

…sprengeri ‘Diva’ x Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’. I did not care for its first flowerings but this is better. The flowers would open flat if the wind had let…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…by Maurice Foster who sends me three pictures from his garden in Kent. Magnolia sargentiana robusta (Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick…

21st February 1897 – 2020

…too. Camellia ‘Look Away’ A few high up flowers on Magnolia campbellii Alba Group. This one of New Zealand origin. Magnolia campbellii Alba Group 2018 – CHW A day in…

23rd January

…Camellia ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ – rather early Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ 2021 – CHW Sarcococca ruscifolia with berries…

7th December

…some the more conventional green with white edging. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ The Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’…

8th August

…and introduced the Spanish Erica canaliculata to Cornwall. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ 1917 – JCW Some R decorum, Auriculatum going over, several kinds of mountain…

5th May

…Absolutely wonderful and the best thing in the garden today. Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Jim and Alison Gardiner were with the tour. This is Jim’s ‘Gardiner…

18th March

…M. ‘Philip Tregunna’ & M. ‘Lanarth’ (Seedling) – 1st One species, hybrid or cultivar one vase M. ‘Philip Tregunna’ – 1st M. campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. campbellii ‘Alba’…

22nd December

…Coleoni’. Camellia japonica ‘Margherita Coleoni’ Unusual to see early flowers on Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Holly leaves cover the ground where Storm Darragh did it worst…

3rd March 1897 – 2020

…but the buds are yellow! yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Fallen petals below the Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New…

10th March 1897 – 2020

…look across at them properly from far. American bred magnolias Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ (Magnolia campbellii x pink Gresham hybrid) Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ Magnolia ‘Crimson Stipple’ (Magnolia soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…the path much improved since we have cleared the tree cover. Another of the same One of the three original plants here of the wild collected Magnolia campbellii Alba. This…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…true campbellii alba has not a hint of pink, at the base, and is a far larger and more upright pure white. A New Zealand Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ True M….

1st February 1897 – 2020

…out. The first soulangeana variety eight to ten weeks early at least. Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ planted in 2006…

11th January

‘Alba’ Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ A cow parsley in full flower by the frames under a Corylopsis despite the cold last week. cow parsley Acacia melanoxylon is still some way off…

17th March

…meeting: These were the plants These were the plants These were the plants Magnolia campbellii alba seedling – 15in x 18in when fully openMagnolia ‘Lanarth Surprise’ Magnolia campbellii alba seedling…

11th December

…gales A second Quercus ilex shattered and fallen. A second Quercus ilex A single blown open flower on Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ nearby. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ More leylandii by…

27th October

…One of 8 new Camellia sasanqua varieties planted out below White Styles in the Beatrice Fleur Plantation. Camellia sasanqua ‘Pink Goddess’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Minato-no-akebono’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Minato-no-akebono’ Camellia ‘Fimbriata Alba’…

31st July

…it in this weather. Liatris scariosa ‘Alba’ Liatris scariosa ‘Alba’ Helenium ‘Potters Wheel’ grows to 2ft in a pot and is not as gaudy as some. Quite a nice colour…

8th May

…ludlowii Perhaps Paeonia obovata var. alba? Paeonia obovata var. alba Azara dentata looking very fine against a wall. Azara dentata Azara dentata Olearia cheesemanii full out. Olearia cheesemanii Female flowers…