…N Roses’ has a pleasant flower with a pink picotee edge. Helleborus ‘Ice N Roses’ Saxifraga ‘Early Carnival’ starts red and fades to white with a pink stripe. Saxifraga ‘Early…

…Magnolia campbellii (ACUG 5330) planted in 2010 with rather small white flowers. Magnolia campbellii (ACUG 5330) Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’. Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x ‘J.C. Williams’ a rich…

…on Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Jaimie’s magnolia cross at the entrance to White Stiles. Good enough but not worthy of a name. magnolia cross Magnolia…

…originally but true to name. Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata Surprising to see Azalea ‘Palestrina’ out so early. Azalea ‘Palestrina’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Francis Hanger’ is still the best single white…

…pretty near all white Gresham hybrid. Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Snow Queen’ not very floriferous. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Snow Queen’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ – despite its name this is not…

…A wonderful contrast between the white undersides of the leaves and the reddish-pink bark on the newer growth. Rhodoelia parvipetala Thirty-three people visited the gardens yesterday which shows that families…

…does list ‘Soho’ (page 229) but the description is ‘white with vivid red variations’.While I can quite see that the ‘Don Quixote’ would be a good name for an azalea…

…Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Burncoose Tennis Court’ is nearly white. I saw a good plant at Tregothnan recently beside their tree paeony bed. Magnolia campbellii var….

…through the best places for them.Nothaphoebe cavaleriei – greenish white undersides to the leaves. SW China – laurel family. Nothaphoebe cavaleriei Calocedrus formosana – rather more tender than Calocedrus decurrens….

…mix of deep reddish-purple leaves and green new growth. This will become a conical small tree with racemes of small white flowers in may and dark red fruits. Prunus virginiana…

…nearest side door seen. 1949 – CW A very long dry summer. Big leaf rhododendron growth small. The 2 Sinogrande by big group of Barbatum about dead. White Sasanqua by…

…of this rare-ish variety. Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ is just coming out ahead of the pink and white forms. There have been many supposedly ‘new’…

…Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ The smooth grey-white bark on the original Magnolia salicifolia stands out in the early evening light. One branch is rotting on the inside and woodpeckers have been…

…robusta out late as usual in September. A good mauve and white combination. We need to propagate this as it is a winner! Hydrangea aspera ssp. robusta Hydrangea aspera ssp….

…have faded. It looks rather like a white form of Hydrangea sargentiana but now the botanists strike again and Hydrangea sargentiana is now reclassified as Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana. On…

…Rhododendron diaprepes Several drought casualties beside it. Several drought casualties Several drought casualties 2021 – CHW Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ white, pink and brown. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Sadly, our…

…white in the tunnels. Pennisetum ‘Sky Rocket’ Pennisetum ‘Sky Rocket’ Euphorbia cyparissus ‘Orange Man’ is not in flower but its feathery blue green leaves are attractive and certainly not obviously…

…Old Park today.Philadelphus and deutzia species go out on the bank below White Styles field. This will cheer up the visitor route to Old Park later in the year. Philadelphus…

…prattii has now been renamed in Hillier’s as Sorbus munda. Yet another change! White berries all along the stem. Not a vigorous plant with us. Sorbus prattii Sorbus prattii Photinia…

…Spire’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ with branches laden down with fruit. As you can see the fruits are rose-coloured at first then changing to white with a pink flush. Very garden…