…will not be ripe enough to pick for at least two months. Rhododendron suoilenhense Yesterday at Tregrehan we were looking at Tom’s Gevuina avellana which was looking as bad as…

…‘Blue Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ is growing into a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ just showing. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Another young Pinus radiata snapped off…

…luck! On the tour the following were looking good:- Papaver nudicaule ‘Moondance’. Papaver nudicaule ‘Moondance’ Dichroa guizhou – should the flowers be blue? Dichroa guizhou Dichroa guizhou Limonium latifolium –…

…by birds seeking the nectar at the base of its flowers. Nevertheless plenty of decent flowers left and a really good Christmas plant. Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ First…

…now 6ft x 6ft and looking well even if it probably is tenderish. Another plant doing well in Tin Garden. Callicarpa psilocalyx Callicarpa psilocalyx Callicarpa psilocalyx The start of the…

…disproved.The Japanese nursery set up in London in 1907 at Kingsway. Wade’s Hakoneya nursery arrived after WW1. Reuthe’s nursery sold camellias before that and JCW purchased, sadly unnamed, camellias from…

…subsp. cuneifolia (plumes of creamy white flowers with hawthorn-like fragrance) Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. flexuosa (pendant terminal panicles of fragrant white flowers) Melisoma dilleniifolia subsp. tenuis (pyramidcal nodding panicles of tiny…

…the double form as seen recently). The white flowers have yellow blotches which then turn red as here. Aesculus hipposcastanum Aesculus hipposcastanum Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ making a good start. Rounded and…

…Anniversary sign. Hellebores The landscapers have rearranged and extended all the upraised herbaceous plant beds. upraised herbaceous plant beds New garden entry signage. New garden entry signage Erica canaliculata looking…

…simplex – an odd autumnal ‘white’ on some leaves. Firmania simplex Firmania simplex Celastus orbiculatus – as bold and striking a yellow as any climber in autumn. Celastus orbiculatus 2015…