…laid out for inspection in the Georgian Hall. Over 20 species and hybrids laid out for inspection Over 20 species and hybrids laid out for inspection We had thought most…

…A batch of rhododendron hybrids have arrived from Burncoose for planting in the FJW memorial garden. rhododendron hybrids 2019 – CHW Starting to get to grips with replying to the…

…however when finished until the wind blows again. 1940 – CW First Sutchuenense hybrids out also Arboreum thomsonii x. Camellia sasanqua, double white, speciosa and its light and dark pink…

…williamsii hybrids below are well out now too as usual just below. unnamed x williamsii hybrids unnamed x williamsii hybrids 2015 – CHW The nerine bed has only a very…

…years ago. Several of his own magnolia hybrids live on and will impress for many decades to come. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Good colour on an Embothrium lanceolatum which seems to want…

…Hammer, white double Azalea and bits of one yellow below Hovel road. Bits of Davidsonianum and Sutchuenense hybrids. No reds. Bits of Azalea Amoena and several Kurume. 1940 – CW…

…Polyspora longicarpa The laurel hedge is progressing. laurel hedge Along the way a camellia gets a haircut. camellia gets a haircut Dad’s azalea hybrids covered in flower. Dad’s azalea hybrids…

…hall, several good hybrids open. 1927 – JCW E darlyense starts, some Lapagerias, Blood red hybrids have been out for a month, no daffs. Mucronulatum, H mollis and Camellia sasanquas…

…but others at their best. Campbellii the same but later than Robusta. Daffodils late and ground very wet, still hail showing. Blood Reds going over, also some of Saluenensis hybrids….

…open above Rogers Quarry. Indecently early year. 1925 – JCW Argenteum ¼ open. Barbatum a few, some Lutescens, Flavidum none, Sutchuenensis a few, hybrids of Sut’ se several, a few…

…good, also hybrids and coums. 1909 – JCW Some cyc hybrids and some cyclamineus open, Campanelli in the drive open, well behind 1898. 1906 – JCW Hard frost, many daffs…

…have flowered together. 1948 – CW Rhodo’s praecox, barbatum, argenteum, moupinense, sutchuenense and its hybrids, some thomsonii x arboreum. About six Cam reticulata species opening. Also the Japonica hybrids very…

…from the Toots Williams plant pinched as seed from Hong Kong originally. We only have C. lutchuensis hybrids and not yet, I think, the real thing. Lutchuensis is easily identifiable…

…another of Dad’s hybrids which he refused to name saying it was not good enough. Magnolia sargentiana robusta x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ by the look of it and therefore very…

…with some early Rhododendron sutchuenense hybrids framing it off. Looking down on them is the best way to see magnolias. Magnolia campbellii Alba I might now recap on the best…

…my father’s evergreen azalea hybrids beyond the Rockery is full out. There are several different plants here in this clump. This is a rather turgid colour and dad never had…

…Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ 1959 – FJW Bad gale last night. Branches down above Hovel on Williamsianum hybrids. Garden Form Reticulata knocked down below Diva. Chestnut branches very brittle and very…

…the Pickard Hybrids were sourced from Burncoose over the years.The Amos Pickard Hybrids Collection Held at Canterbury Cathedral Queen’s Green Canopy Planting Ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral 20 October 2022 2021…

…are in flower – R brachycarpum, R brachyanthum, R zealanicum, R lepidotum, bits of Auklandii, various Azalea hybrids and Waterer hybrids including R picotee with one or two Maddeni hybrids….

…by Burncoose now are simply too tender. I wonder if JCW tried any fuchsia hybrids? Certainly P D Williams at Lanarth produced some erica hybrids which are still sold today…