22nd January
…Hut area. Piles of plants Another pile for behind the greenhouse and the new area above Crinodendron Hedge. Another pile Magnolias for Forty Acres – mainly less exciting (breeding wise)…
…Hut area. Piles of plants Another pile for behind the greenhouse and the new area above Crinodendron Hedge. Another pile Magnolias for Forty Acres – mainly less exciting (breeding wise)…
…tower First flower outside the back yard plant of Jury’s Yellow. Jury’s Yellow A free range cockerel by the top lodge pretending to be a pheasant. cockerel Camellia ‘Nagasaki’ full…
…father with its first few flowers. A little pink in the buds. Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ just starting. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ 2021 – CHW…
…Dance’ Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ Camellia japonica ‘Dr Burnside’ just out – later than usual and well out…
…up the water meadows. islands under water islands under water islands under water islands under water King Charles’ 1984 planted blue cedar tree is looking rather battered. King Charles’ 1984…
…flowering out of season. Schefflera pauciflora The magnolia tunnel in the sales area is well stocked up and tidied for the spring. magnolia tunnel Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ still with bold…
…tonkinense First flower on the pale coloured Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Buds nearly open on Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s…
…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ just showing in Kennel Close. Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ Dark red flowers about to open on Prunus ‘Felix Jury’. Prunus ‘Felix Jury’…
…Pterocarya insignis Still a flower on Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia wilsonii. Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia sieboldii ‘Colossus’ has had severe drought die back but is recovering….
…its splendid best The group in front of it. The group in front of it Magnolia ‘Eileen Bailes’. Magnolia ‘Eileen Bailes’ A good dark red form of the Rhododendron spinuliferum….
…Fogg’ Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Still plenty of flowers at the top of Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ on HCR. Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ There are in fact…
…transnokoensis 116 plants in separate piles for different planting areas. 116 plants in separate piles 116 plants in separate piles Seeds ripening on Eucalyptus globulus. Eucalyptus globulus Eucalyptus globulus In…
…Pseudowintera ‘Red Leopard’ – quite outstanding leaf colour. Pseudowintera ‘Red Leopard’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ just emerging. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ Daphne ‘Spring Beauty’. Daphne ‘Spring Beauty’ Last year I photographed an…
…none the less. magnolia campbellii magnolia campbellii First flower on a young Camellia yunnanensis which we grew from seed. Camellia yunnanensis Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ more or less over. Camellia ‘Cornish…
…‘Lanarth’ M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ The famous Jury garden, Tikorangi,…
…Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ 1 vase of Magnolias. – Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ – Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ The Brother Vincent Cup. The Brother Vincent Cup…
…Tilia endochrysea as splendid as ever. Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea The sales area nicely stocked up for Easter. The sales area The sales area Rhododendron formosum and Rhododendron ‘Countess of…
…or an east wind. The roads so flooded that vehicles are getting stuck and the sea turned brown with the soil erosion as did the lake.The forthcoming Easter weekend forecast…
…and for the first time here, Magnolia ernestii (formerly Michelia wilsonii M. sinensis) is just out. Similar in shape and colour to M. martinii but smaller and less yellow –…
…‘Clark Hubbs’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ ‘Christmas Daffodil’ is correct on the map but ‘Daintiness’ seems to have gone/died although I fear ‘Tiny Princess’…