…– another new plant for 2021. Pachystegia insignis Rhododendron edgeworthii with a couple of flowers. Rhododendron edgeworthii Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Perle Rose’ in full flower. Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Perle Rose’…

…‘Conroy’ Rhododendron ‘Conroy’ Rhododendron ‘Rabatz’ (also from Millais) is not doing that well but a dark red. Rhododendron ‘Rabatz’ Rhododendron edgeworthii – pink form – one survivor from three planted…

…duclouxii. Catalpa duclouxii Another windblown casualty 10 years or so after planting. The roots appear rotten. A malus species. malus species A single rogue flower on Rhododendron edgeworthii. Rhododendron edgeworthii…

…I need to look up parentage but what a plant! Compared to Rhododendron ‘Princess Alice’ or Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis lower down Burns Bank these are second eleven. While admiring…

…the difference and they are both Rhododendron edgeworthii x Rhododendron formosum crosses. Hugely scented and in perfect condition today. However everything we cut turned out to be Lady Alice! Rhododendron…

…JCW Picked my first pod of seed ripe, Triandrus indoors, Charles found some pink and some white May open. I found Heterocycla throwing up several shoots. Dalhousii opened and Edgeworthii….

…Fitzwilliam’. The two plants are pretty similar and both Rhododendron edgeworthii x Rhododendron formosum. The backdrop here is Fuchsia excorticata which has been in flower since mid-January. The Arum lilies…

…though one or two azalea are open. 1897 – JCW R edgeworthii at its best, also Azalea altaclarensis and mollis, a good few Iris siberica out. Poeticus Recurvus going back….

…the May, now at its best,. No waterlilies yet. Few of the bamboo doing much. Edgeworthii coming on. Dalhousi and Auklandii just at their best, also Azaleas, and P gibsoni….

…them tucked away in sheltered microclimates along the drive. A few scented rhododendron clumps including Rhododendron lindleyi, Rhododendron edgeworthii and Rhododendron ‘Praecox’. The Burncoose garden is looking great and we…