25th December

…– fat buds with a pink edging! Camellia ‘Desire’ Camellia ‘Desire’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Debutante’ now properly out and a better colour than the other day. Camellia x williamsii ‘Debutante’…

29th March

…Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ grows in an odd way and clearly only a small shrub. Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ First flower out this year on Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia…

13th December

…2019 – CHW Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ with its last flower. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Lapageria rosea with its last flower. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Amazingly a flower still on…

17th October

…the year. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Indian Summer’ with good autumn colour and pink seed capsules. All the grasses moved from their normal location and raised up on trays to prevent them…

19th July

…and a big let down in comparison to previous years. I found little to photograph. Lavandula allardii ‘Meerlo’ – oddly variegated. Lavandula allardii ‘Meerlo’ Lavandula allardii ‘Meerlo’ Monarda ‘Balmy Pink’…

7th September

…shed its leaves and its white berries now have a hint of pink. Sorbus gongashanica Sorbus gongashanica 2019 – CHW Cotoneaster hualiensis covered in large red berries. The bush is…

9th January

…clump to be fully out this year. snowdrops The near white flowered Camellia x williamsii bred by my father with its first few flowers. A little pink in the buds….

23rd November

…size is slightly smaller than the newer plants photographed a few days ago. There is certainly far less of a pink flash on the buds and on the petals especially…

10th February

…has blown a couple of Magnolia campbellii flowers half open and, inevitably, when out prematurely, they are white not pink. The rest of the higher up buds seem ok for…

2nd July

…with a pinkish tinge. We will see. Planted in 1992. Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’? Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’? After three days away at Hampton Court the flowers are now well out on…