2nd September

…cutting the autumn cyclamen flowers. Rainclouds 2021 – CHW Selecting a branch to create an aerial layer on a particularly good big leafed rhododendron hybrid with Asia. rhododendron hybrid Flower…

10th July

…although the layers are now too big to transplant. Just an extension of the clump in reality. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Hydrangea…

3rd October

…way in soil with moss are looking good. Some seedlings have been pricked out already but plenty more for next year. boxes of rhododendron seedlings boxes of rhododendron seedlings boxes…

10th December

…path. ‘Cornish Red’ rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ rhododendron Nearby Camellia ‘Jovey Carlyon’ has its first flowers. This camellia was previously in rather more shade under a huge Abies grandis which fell…

28th September

…apple The Cottage in late September. The Cottage Secondary flowers (very poor ones) on Rhododendron ponticum. Nearby we saw Rhododendron ‘Cunningham White’ in full (secondary) flower. This is the pure…

6th December

…‘Cornish Red’ in the same place as last year and more or less the same time. Slightly insipid and malformed flowers. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ 2017 – CHW…

5th December

…on Aextoxicon punctatum. Pretty enough but not exactly a show stopper! Aextoxicon punctatum Aextoxicon punctatum Aextoxicon punctatum A few secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Tinner’s Blush’. Rhododendron ‘Tinner’s Blush’ Setting (but…

6th October

…another very vigorous new species. Litsea moupinense Litsea moupinense Roedeer nibbling of the fresh new growth of a large clump of Rhododendron yeufengense. Rhododendron yeufengense Rhododendron yeufengense Clerodendron oxyphyllum nearly…

7th November

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ Jaimie is starting to collect the seed from some of the rhododendron crosses which he made in April/May. rhododendron crosses Startling colours on Mallotus japonicus. The…

29th January

…growth last year all on Sinogrande walk. big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons Tree fern fronds frosted more than for several winters by the…