…Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ is a near pure white with slightly recurved flowers. Not that exciting but making a show despite hail damage. It is an American bred plant…

…American raised cross between Camellia japonica ‘Akebono’ and Camellia fraterna. We looked at C. fraterna which grows next door to it a few days ago. This is very well worth…

…armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Asia had been telling me how good Camellia reticulata ‘Valentine Day’ was below Rookery Path. Here is the proof. It is an American…

…CHW Steve has photographed another new plant in the nursery – Zephyranthes carinata. Zephyrantes are tenderish and tender north and south American bulbous perennials. I had guessed South African but…

…ripping up the past to create new things. An American prairie with bison or cattle in place of many Chinese things? Progress or change for the sake of political correctness…

…Buddleias are nice. Plagianthus lyalii some very good. No Discolor or Auriculatums. Romneya coulteri very good also American Pillars and violas. 1914 – JCW Very little in flower. Cassia good….

…I had just missed the flowers here in the Mediterranean biome. Surely it is a South American plant? (Yes – as the label admits.) Jacaranda mimosifolia I thought these were…

…Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ First flowers full out on the American Oemleria cerasiformis. Oemleria cerasiformis The Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’ on the Main Ride has a few pure red flowers but, as…

…to look at the older and newish young magnolias in the centre of 40 Acres Wood but here is Jaimie and Michael’s update. Originally these were all American Gresham and…

…plants from time to time in profusion.So to the centre of 40 Acres Wood to see how the American Gresham and Pickard magnolias are getting on here. Some casualties due…

…You would not inflict it even on your mother-in-law. Clearly an American product presumably as seed via the Magnolia Society International. MAGNOLIA ‘Green Bee’ MAGNOLIA ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’…

…Rehderodendron species and not an American Halesia? Halesia macgregorii Good bronze leaves emerging on Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’. This is our second attempt at the start of the Sinogrande Walk….

…new American ‘girls’ in the Heather Garden. These were crosses between Magnolia stellata and lilliflora nigra and have achieved 15ft spans, 10ft or so high in 40 years. There are…

…nursery is very shocked as he had worked with us in his youth and from time to time since.Another yellow magnolia. This one is Magnolia ‘Ossies Yellow’ after the American…

…the American magnolia collection are starting to become proper trees. Grass cutting A trip to Osborne House by East Cowes to photograph the herbaceous planting combinations in their huge walled…

…Velvet’ out on Burns Bank. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Red Velvet’ Acer pycnanthum – a dullish rarity. The Japanese counterpart to the North American Acer rubrum as its leaves show. A slow…

…referred to them as American azalea hybrids. If this (or similar US rhodo species) are the parents then this does make sense. Rhododendron flammeum or Rhododendron bakeri hybrids Rhododendron flammeum…

…years as a separate set of American bred hybrids. No names sadly but they are very different in texture/colour and flowering time to all the others on the drive.Along the…

…just open. Very pretty. Syringa prestoniae ‘Minuet’ Syringa prestoniae ‘Minuet’ Two other very late flowering ‘American’ (see earlier description) deciduous azaleas by the Trevanion Holly. Dull colours but two to…

…the actual American source is not identified. There are no records of these being planted at Caerhays within the files that you have shared with me. I believe that Caroline…