…at Rosemoor show next weekend. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Sycoparrotia semedicidua is far from deciduous after this winter. The flowers are supposed to be out in ‘late winter’…

…quinces. Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson and Gold’ A single very late flower on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Erica canaliculata glowing with flowers in the sun. Erica…

…Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’ with a decent flower. Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ and Magnolia ‘Frank’s Masterpiece’. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ and Magnolia ‘Frank’s Masterpiece’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’…

…lockdown ends. pheasant 2019 – CHW A trip to the greenhouse to see some good new things in flower for the first time here. Camellia reticulata x sasanqua ‘Show Girl’…

…down at the base of the tree. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana A few small ripe quinces on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. We saw more of these earlier in the autumn…

…girls’ names. Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ A carpet of fallen flowers under Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ is another of the ‘girls’. Very odd and…

…Leucojum aestivum Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ in full flow by The Hovel. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Stachyurus yunnanensis with its evergreen foliage burnt off in the cold but still with plenty of…

…incisa ‘The Bride’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ Back at Caerhays a few more magnolias on the drive. This Magnolia ‘Shirraz’…

…It is, however, fairly unusual to see piles of skeletal leaves surviving un-rotted into March. Here under a Magnolia dawsoniana. skeletal leaves The shrubby and spreading Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ on…

…to flower. Magnolia ‘Joli Pompom’ Magnolia ‘Joli Pompom’ Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ full out. The flowers are truly enormous but not so different from Camellia ‘R L Wheeler’. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’…