…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…

…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…

…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…

…outside the Smoking Room. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ Likewise Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ or is it ‘Nash Court’? Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ 2019 – CHW A clump of Rhododendron ‘Polar…

…flower on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ The horrid remains of a drought starved rhododendron. drought starved rhododendron 2023 – CHW To the Top Lodge down to…

…pink forms but they have more conventional grande leaf forms. Rhododendron grande seedling Deer nibbling on fatsia leaves – the keepers had one the other day which is a start…

…Farm. Flowers tassels on the Hazels Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Yellow) suddenly out on the Drive. The pink form is always a few days later into bloom. More or less on…

…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…

…around 1977 or 1978. Perhaps I need to go and count the tree rings again! tree surgery work tree surgery work tree surgery work 2023 – CHWThe first pale pink…

…pink and white hybrid bluebells, which nurseries used to sell before the invasive scaremongering, are long established in cultivation.Both forms grow here and have featured in this diary.Copyright rules prevent…