10th November

…large and plentiful flowers. The bush is low growing and spreading with slightly drooping branches. Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba’ The first pink sasanqua to come out looks really…

23rd October

…nicely out. Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ looking good too. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall Pink’ has a drooping habit which hides its flowers but is…

21st December

…buds to come out still. Polyspora speciosa Polyspora speciosa Above and as part of the ‘Hugh Evans’ clump there is a single plant of the excellent Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’…

28th November

…‘Caerhays Belle’. A bit earlier than last year I think. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Good colours on Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’ (‘Black Dragon’). Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’ A nice show of…

1st June

…Now it certainly is! Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Wisteria ‘Violacea Plena’ (syn ‘Black Dragon’) is a sparse flowerer with us but a pretty unique double flowered form well worth growing….

11th March

…Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia campbellii var….

18th March

…campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. ‘Fairy White’ Single bloom any species, hybrid or cultivar M. ‘Felix Jury’ – 1st and the Brother Vincent…

8th May

…Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii Perhaps Paeonia obovata var. alba? Paeonia obovata var. alba Azara dentata looking very fine against a wall. Azara dentata Azara dentata Olearia…

23rd February

‘Alba’ seedling but nearer the true Chinese original. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ The New Zealand form of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ is at its…

6th May

…will be able to lie his way out of that one?Crinodendron hookerianum in bud already – three week early. Crinodendron hookerianum Meliosma alba flowers nearly over. Meliosma alba Magnolia x…