…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…

…Hydrangea aspera The first flower on Camellia ‘November Pink’ in October this year. Camellia ‘November Pink’ 2018 – CHW Malus hupehensis is full of small reddish crab apples in only…

…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…

…a new one to us from Stervinou nurseries in France. Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall Pink’ Camellia japonica ‘Shin-Akebono’ also out rather early. Camellia japonica ‘Shin-Akebono’ Pachystegia insignis…

…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…

…‘Allspice’ is a much larger growing small tree with larger leaves and no pink in the flowers as they now open. Michelia foggi ‘Allspice’ Michelia foggi ‘Allspice’ Michelia foggi ‘Allspice’…

…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…

…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…

…yet but an interesting colour is Clematis macropetala ‘Purple Spider’. Clematis macropetala ‘Purple Spider’ Magnolia ‘Pink Pyramid’ – first flowering in the nursery. Magnolia ‘Pink Pyramid’ Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’. Magnolia…

…Lancaster. A small but now substantial species of great beauty with its pink buds and white flowers. Planted here in 2007. Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata First flowers ever…