…Tricolor’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea Tricolor’ Staphylea holocarpa var rosea by the fernery is now a large plant showing up spectacularly today from the drive. Staphylea holocarpa var rosea Staphylea holocarpa…

…foliage. Paeonia tenuifolia Rhodiola rosea now full out. An odd succulent like plant. Rhodiola rosea Rhodiola rosea Halesia carolina out too early for Chelsea in the Show Tunnel. Strangely not…

…take cuttings in July. STAPHYLEA holicarpa ‘Rosea’ STAPHYLEA holicarpa ‘Rosea’ Tomorrow we have a visitation from Tregullow and Trematon near Saltash on Grand National day. Lizzie may be going to…

…salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Another fine dry day. Good heavens two in a row! 2017 – CHW Off to the Valley Gardens and the rhododendron species collection. Rhododendron thompsonii…

…planted – pollarded back by the cold in 2018. Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox – 2014 planted and now 35ft with attractive bark. Untouched by…

…The first time this species has produced any with us since the old trees died and we started again. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Thinning work has just started…

…on Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’. All the other flowers have now dropped. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ 2019 – CHW A trip up the drive to see what is new. Decidedly colder today…

…others also in the wild.Here are the highlights and rest are detailed here if you are interested.Lapageria rosea var. albiflora climbing through camellias and up a high wall. To die…

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ on the castle wall. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ 2020 – CHW The investigation into malus continues and continues to reveal my ignorance of this genus.Malus yunnanensis var. veitchii…

…now full out. Camellia sasanqua While the first to flower is now nearly over. Camellia sasanqua Pimelea drupacea flowering away in the Isla Rose Plantation. Pimelea drupacea Lapageria rosea and…

…showers.Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ 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…

…under the newer leaves. Magnolia guangdongensis Magnolia guangdongensis Nearly ripe seeds on Sorbus rosea which is ready to plant out in the autumn. Sorbus rosea A fine lot of young…

…Orange’ seeds are not yet ripe and much smaller than Hedychium coronarium. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ Lapageria rosea now with a better show of flowers on this very old plant….

…and Camellia sasanqua (pink) full out together in the sun Camellia sasanqua (white) and Lapageria rosea ‘Pictoee’. Camellia sasanqua (white) and Lapageria rosea ‘Pictoee’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ –…

…Euonymus europaeus First high up flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’. Too high up for any scent. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Last flower on Lapageria rosea which was…

…down on Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’. Near to dropping. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ The track to the old park now clear of leaves. Old Park Track 2021 – CHW A…

…of the ‘Hugh Evans’ clump there is a single plant of the excellent Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ which I had not registered that we grew when I saw it looking…

…– CHW Still flower buds today (despite all the earlier frost) on Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ From the archives comes this 13th December 1961 account of the beaching…

…are young plants of Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ A young Schefflera megaphylla with mildewed flowers. Schefflera megaphylla The tiny white flowers on Camellia costei hang downwards and are…

…plants just survive. Echiums Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ now about full out. No frost damage. Surely very late for any Lapageria? I wonder why? Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Frost damage on the…