…not looking at all like Enkianthus cernuus perhaps but definitely ‘recurved’ bells so a welcome new addition to the growing collection. Enkianthus cernuus rubens Enkianthus cernuus rubens – quite clearly…

…about right. However there is another older single plant of Enkianthus chinensis nearly over with much bigger bells. It still looks like the picture in The Plantsman but a better…

…Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’ Enkianthus cernuus reflexus is just out but you can see the bells starting to curve at the end. A small compact shrub and not a large bush…

…Michelia doltsopa After the strong winds a complete carpet of windblown flowers under the Rhododendron sutchuenense clump. Rhododendron sutchuenense clump 2022 – CHW Bluebells now appearing in flower all over….

…pale colour to its ‘bells’. Nearly white with a hint of pink. Floriferous at a young age but nothing too startling really with or without breeder’s rights. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Prettycoat’…

…gigantic Freylinia lanceolata, honey bells – here its woody trunk which we have never seen on our stock plant at Burncoose by the mist houses where it is a shrub…

…and Helleborus ‘Winter Bells’ look good together. Helleborus Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ Camellia ‘Tricolor’ and Helleborus ‘Anne’s Red’ in the cash point. Camellia ‘Tricolor’ A bit of the top of…