…young plant of one of the ancient white Camellia sasanqua by the side door. Camellia sasanqua Camellia vernalis ‘Yuletide’ now in flower outside as well as under cover at Burncoose….

…strimming readily keeps it under control. Arundinaria vagans Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ with much smaller panicles of flowers in a drought year and a rather quicker change from white to…

…decorum. Rhododendron decorum Clethra pringlei full out at its normal time. Much later than other species. Clethra pringlei Melicytus crassifolius now covered with white berries on the lower part of…

…A ste Acer kawakamii Cotoneaster silverstrii flowering well below White Styles. One of the first to show flowers in our newish collection of c.30 species. Cotoneaster silverstrii Cotoneaster silverstrii Rhododendron…

…flowering for the first time as far as I am aware. Yellowish-white in terminal panicles. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Lindera lancea with excellent autumn colour. Lindera lancea Lindera lancea Callicarpa…

…white berries. Excellent plants in 3 litre pots. Melicytus crassifolius Parthenocissus quinquefolia turning red already. Parthenocissus quinquefolia Pileostegia viburnoides in full flower. Pileostegia viburnoides Persicaria alpina in full flower. Persicaria…

…the top of the old deer park only just established. The pink and white Rhododendron arboreums featured are still (exactly) there now in extreme old age. The Irish yew is…

…– alder like leaves indeed. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus japonica just out also. White undersides to its leaves. Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ with its double flowers – three…

…white bracts at about half-size as yet. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ The first deciduous azaleas emerging into flower beyond the Four in Hand. Early by anyone’s standards which bodes badly…

…Carpinus so plenty of fun in the future working out which is which. Nice bark already on this one. Celtis sinensis Celtis sinensis The white flowered sport of Azalea ‘Greenway’…