…especially fine above the greenhouse. Strangely the pure S holocarpa (white) nearby is not showing colour yet. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis is full out…

…a small tree. Fourteen years from planting. Stapylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Stapylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Stapylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ One of the two old original Magnolia salicifolias full out. Poor picture I fear…

…adapted to our Cornish climate? Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea 1918 – JCW Rhodo’s as below. Cyclamen very good. Lapagerias fair. Hydrangeas fair. (Hand written note attached to Garden…

…rosea ‘Picotee’ A very good flesh red form of Lapageria rosea. Lapageria rosea A very early unnamed Camellia japonica opposite the two Magnolia x veitchii. Camellia japonica Celtis sinensis still…

…smelt it. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ Sadly the drought has done for our layers on the pink sinogrande. Very little left and…

…full flower. Even the buds have a picotee edging. The same plant from which we gave cuttings to Tregrehan a fortnight ago. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea…

…single pink sasanqua here on these very ancient plants along the west facing castle wall. Damp and shady which they like. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’…

…growing up a Magnolia campbellii – a quite superb mix and a very dark red form of L. rosea. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Huge fruits on Camellia xylocarpa. Camellia xylocarpa…

…first Lapageria rosea flowers. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ again with a large truss of flowers. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Escallonia bifida covered in bumble bees and red admirals. Escallonia bifida…

…superb with its triangular or heart shaped leaf structure. Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ A secondary flower or three on Magnolia ‘Apollo’ which, as we know,…

…garden is full of surprises.A Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’ looking perfect. Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’ A hedging Mahonia in full flower with small leaves. Growing to 6-8ft with a similar spread. One…

…The pink quickly fades but is left in stripes on the tepals. Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ – Caerhays bred. Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ Rhododendron ‘Assaye’…

…‘Joli Pompom’ Magnolia ‘Joli Pompom’ Two pure whites, side by side in fact, as this is Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’. Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ just out. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’…

…really pink. Impossible to photograph well as its now too tall and the flowers are too far away. Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Typical rain damage…

…Fuchsia boliviana Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Strelitzia reginae in flower…

…other one nearby. Identical I think but very fine! These photographs will form part of my new article on Staphylea. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Magnolia ‘March-Till-Frost’ with its…

…the five different original 1895 sasanqua plants growing on the castle wall. ‘Navahoe’ ‘Navahoe’ ‘Navahoe’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Rosea Plena’ – very yellow foliage ‘Rosea Plena’ ‘Rosea…

…Plena’ – excellent – one of the very best. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Tanya’ – attractive new growth and yellowish foliage. Camellia sasanqua ‘Tanya’…

…around and soaked to the skin with a European shooting party. The poor old Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ flowers are now all on the ground. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’…

…sasanqua Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ just out. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Saw the last of the house martins today in a large moving pack over a field. They soon moved…