16th May

…shade. Rhododendron yakusimanum Rhododendron yakusimanum Rhododendron yakusimanum Rhododendron (Azalea) calendulaceum ‘Sandling orange-red form’ recently planted. Rhododendron (Azalea) calendulaceum ‘Sandling orange-red form’ Rhododendron (Azalea) calendulaceum ‘Sandling orange-red form’ Viburnum rhytidophyllum (not…

8th March

…Excellent in bud with the reddish flash. Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ battered and not yet out. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ covered in flower as a…

11th March

…(see 1897 the earliest year) CJ Backhouse over, many coloured flat eyes open and Magnolia halleana (stellata) is good. The red ribes are opening, Berberis darwinii shows colour, Prunus pissardi…

31st December

…in bloom by Christmas. Note the red flowered ‘sport’ on Monica. Camellia Monica Dance Camellia Monica Dance Strange, is it not, that the camellias are sticking to their mild weather…

2nd May

…‘Hotspur Red’ with its orange flash beside the polylepsis. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ A fine clump of Rhododendron canescens hidden away in the back of the drive. I…

8th May

…a pool. Wisteria sinensis Another free standing Wisteria not yet out. Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’. Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’ Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’ A good bit of National Trust labelling….

29th May

…flowers. Caerhays bred but no one knows by whom or with what. Anyway it is properly registered now. Malus hupenensis Malus hupenensis The white malus with the disgusting scent appears…

14th December

Red’ likewise. Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ 2016 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ just out through the arch. A little late this year. Camellia x williamsii ‘J…

7th October

…has few berries and not yet fully coloured. Cotoneaster rokujodaisanensis Cotoneaster schubertii is well covered in berry and a good orange which will probably get redder yet. Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster…

19th June

…George’s Hut is the only japonicus to be covered in flower this year. Plastered in fact. Styrax japonicus Styrax japonicus A few flowers this year on the elderly Photinia prionophylla….