3rd July

…Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ has done well but, as a climber, needs more support. Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ Phygelius x rectus ‘Devil’s Tears’ is now about 6ft by 6ft…

8th May

…pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Kunzea ambigua Kunzea ambigua Leptospermum grandiflorum Leptospermum grandiflorum Melaleuca squarrosa Melaleuca squarrosa Still a flower or two on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ nearly four months since it first performed….

28th June

Lady’ Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claret’ – a plant I have always wanted to try but rockery really. Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claret’ 2021 – CHW A pity the styrax/stewartia lecture was a fortnight…

15th January

…120 years old and very slow growing. Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Its similarly elderly neighbour Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ has only one bud showing colour. In the main garden in shelter…

30th December

…japonica ‘Lady Clare’ on the castle wall almost at its best weeks earlier than usual. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ still in tight bud in the Rookery…

7th February

…hybrids out in Tin Garden. Best Rho ririei perfect. Camellia Lady Clare and Adolphe Audusson out. 1943 – CW About a dozen buds on Mag grandiflora, Campbelli several buds, one…

25th December

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ But no flowers on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ outside the front door although others are out in the garden. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ A strong running sea and…

23rd June

…in the Auklandii Garden. Azalea indica Last year the Tropaeolum speciosum struggled to reach the top of the Camellia ‘Lady Clare’. I guess it did not have to die down…

28th May

…name if it has not got one and propagating. gall on Camellia Lady Clare Here is a large gall attached to a very late flower on Camellia Lady Clare. Galls…

6th December

…the winter with ice on the edge of the lawn. ice First and only flower so far on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Aesculus wangii turning colour quickly now….