5th August

…however to be going brown not pink! Carpinus fangiana Nor on Dipteronia sinensis. These are rather more attractive than the flowers. ‘Rabbits Money’ or ‘Elm-like’ in the context of Ulmus…

16th July

…from last year alongside flower buds for late August. We should think of collecting seed. Eucryphia cordifolia Our best clump left of Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – Pink is on Burns…

4th January

…saw first primrose, November pink good – garden very late.1953 – FJW There are still buds on Mag Grandiflora and Eucryphia pinatafolia has flowers. Heaths good – Early pink forms…

16th August

…Delight’ beside the castle remains. Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ 2020 – CHW Still in Daphne’s garden but with more reality as of today. Aconitum ‘Spark’s Variety’ is splendid…

RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…hellebores and, unlike others, was totally undamaged. One to get into our catalogue. Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Trillium chloropetalum is not one we stock but…

25th May

…‘Graziella’ nicely into flower in late May by George’s Hut. Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ Magnolia ‘Touch of Pink’ leafless (as normal) but still with decent flowers with the ‘touch’! Magnolia ‘Touch of…

1st January

…the March 2018 ‘Beast’. Lovely orangy indumentum here too. ‘Touch of Pink’ is a doltsopa hybrid with (I guess) Michelia figo? Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ The…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…Camellia japonica ‘Pink Chiffon’ Camellia japonica ‘Pink Chiffon’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Taylor’s Perfection’ – a bit like ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ as the…

29th April

pink new growth. Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Salix magnifica also with its first flower here. Salix magnifica At last, the east wind has gone. A session with Asia to pin…

28th November

…or leaf drop. Rehderodendron kwangtungense Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ still flowerless but loads of bud. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ A few secondary flowers on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ as is normal at…