…bursting buds everywhere. Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ First flowers (in heavy rain) on Rhododendron moupinense. Rhododendron moupinense The now dead canes (after flowering) on Chusqua gigantea are on the list…

…Deutzia longifolia (white form) is newly planted by Tin Garden. Deutzia longifolia (white form) Deutzia longifolia (white form) A good new young Magnolia wilsonii (DJHC 98369) with its first, and…

…is there. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ and Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia Purpurea’. Ross has completed the new clearing at the very top of…

…what a shape to the flower and on such a young plant. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s…

…turkey oak Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (pink) has stood up well to the Beast. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Camellia ‘Guilio Nuccio’ Camellia ‘Guilio Nuccio’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ with its hose in hose flowers…

…– ‘Busaco’ First single flower on Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Yellow Form). Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Yellow Form) 2017 – CHW A few things of note quickly on a mild overcast and…

…holocarpa ‘Innocence’ now fully out below the main fernery. The darker pink form was well over before this light pink form came out. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Storm Kathleen is the…

…japonica Magnolia sapaensis now full out. Magnolia sapaensis Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ One of our best two Rhododendron maddenii. Rhododendron maddenii Eucryphia milligani just coming out….

…years but it seldom fails to show in November. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ 2000 – FJW Flowers on C November Pink. 1931 – JCW…

…‘Pink Royalty’ or possibly Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Lady Woodsman’ (M. brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Pink Surprise’) flowering for the first time. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Pink Royalty’ Magnolia…

…high up flowers on Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’ about the same time as last year. ‘Bo Peep’ and ‘Crossbill’ are usually out in tandem. Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ now…

…is still fully leafed up in more shelter. Quercus lamellosa Rhododendron desquamatum just opening fully with the odd flower left on Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ behind it. Some years both perform…

…Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ is well worth its place and much earlier into flower than the commoner white form. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snowcap’…

…more frost damage. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ with plenty of flower high up. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ virtually leafless but having its last…

…getting away well too. Euonymus tonkinensis 2021 – CHW Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ full out. The first of the eucryphias to perform. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’…

…RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year arrive at Burncoose. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume Pink’. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume Pink’ Indigofera himalayensis ‘Silk Road’ flowering for the first time in the nursery. Indigofera…

…x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ First Rhododendron loderi to flower this year…

…(as I was then 56 years ago) did not refuse their bosses. Nearby grows Rhododendron ‘Titness Park’, a pink Rhododendron calophytum hybrid by John Bond which flowers in early March….

…in this patch. violets Elizabeth Bolitho on the occasion of her 95th birthday with her sons Edward and Alverne and a presentation Magnolia ‘F J Williams’. Elizabeth Bolitho worked and…

…good an early red camellia as ‘Takanini’. Camellia ‘Volunteer’ Camellia ‘Volunteer’ Camellia ‘Volunteer’ First colour on the yellow form of Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’. About on time despite the cold spell….