8th August

…Magnolia caveana The late flowering large clump of Rhododendron decorum below Tin Garden. This and the pink form of Rh. decorum need propagating as a priority. Rhododendron decorum Seed heads…

26th October

…less missed Cornwall. Magnolia flowers 2022 – CHW Further perambulations with Susyn and Brian. The last few tail end flowers on an ancient Rhododendron decorum. Rhododendron decorum Clethra pringlei full…

12th November

…2007 planting, quite a nice size and shape. The leaves are pure decorum in shape. FJW Rhododendron decorum hybrid Syringa pinnata has a nasty huge sucker from the rootstock or…

16th April

…of Rhododendron decorum out unusually early. The much older plants nearby often flower in July/August. Rhododendron decorum Rhododendron decorum and Magnolia ‘Genie’ out together. Rhododendron decorum 2021 – CHW A…

11th May

…Crataegus wattiana A wild collected form of Rhododendron decorum (NN 0907) with quite small flower trusses to what we know as Rh. decorum. Rhododendron decorum Rhododendron decorum 2018 – CHW…

20th October

…Acer henryi in the sun. Acer henryi The very last flower on Rhododendron decorum. Rhododendron decorum 2019 – CHW First and only flower ever on Sizygium smithii which was planted…

6th August

…crenulata Photinia macrophylla well berried up. Photinia macrophylla The difference between Rhododendron decorum and Rhododendron auriculatum is really in the leaf shape/form and not the flower! Rhododendron decorum Still a…

24th January

…According to the 2008 planting plan it is an FJW hybrid between decorum and ‘Winter Intruder’ which seems improbable. Only one of the three in the clump is out and…

11th June

…the northerly winds last Saturday. Rhododendron decorum Rhododendron decorum Ligustrum confusum flowering prolifically. Ligustrum confusum Ligustrum confusum Rhododendron lepidostylum was a gift from Peter & Pat Bucknell in 2011. Flowering…

24th July

…open, several Mag delavayi open, a good many Parviflora, some Hypoleuca. Eriogynums remain and Decorum x Auriculatum also Ungernii x Auriculatum. Rosa brunonis V.G, the best thing on the place….