7th November

…sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’ is now 5ft tall. Just a hint of pink on the bud. A large flower for a sasanqua. Camellia…

27th May

…seem to start pinker and fade. Large bracts. Cornus kousa ‘Ed Mezitt’ Cornus kousa ‘Ed Mezitt’ Cornus alternifolia covered in bees and full out. Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia…

29th December

…as last year, on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. This plant has an endless flowering season. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ A very black cock pheasant by Tin Garden. very black cock…

2nd January

…sasanqua ‘Sekiyo’ Persia thunbergii with more errant pink new growth. Seasonal muddle! Persia thunbergii Camellia x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yellow’ just out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yellow’ Camellia japonica ‘Sodekakushi’ (‘Gauntlettti’)…

1st March

…Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling First undamaged flowers out on Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’ 2023 – CHW The Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling on Bond Street is good today…

13th May

…‘Milky Way’ Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ – the pink early spring foliage has faded to cream (but not yet green). [ALONGSIDE] Acer palmatum ‘Ukigomo’ with its startling white foliage that glows…

12th March

…wall in shelter. From Windsor 40+ years ago. The other plants in the top of the garden have died of old age and were more pink in flower. Rhododendron scabrifolium…

15th March

…denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’ is rather wind battered. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ and Magnolia ‘Atlas’ above it at the Red Linney. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ and Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia…

26th November

…looked at our elderly Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Here is the proof on a younger plant. Less pink on the buds and smaller flowers! Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ The record sized Camellia…

22nd August

…far less certain although J.C. Williams and P.D.W. were close friends. The plants here flower early in the spring and are very much pinker than the photographs which you sent….