…floribunda Styrax americanus – Kankakea Form – is now properly out. Styrax americanus – Kankakea Form A wonderful show on Magnolia sieboldii on the Main Ride. Small flowers on this…

…the lawn is making a show just as the leaves emerge. Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ Magnolia ‘Pegasus’ is so like the more modern form of M. cylindrica that most people could…

…for the RHS Rosemoor Early Camellia Competition show on Saturday: Camellia ‘Ruby Wedding’ Camellia ‘Ruby Wedding’ Camellia reticulata – white form Camellia reticulata – white form Nearly open magnolia buds…

…now full out. pale form of Camellia saluenensis pale form of Camellia saluenensis pale form of Camellia saluenensis Zantedeschia aethiopica untouched by the frost. Zantedeschia aethiopica Surprisingly still a few…

…was a x loebneri named form magnolia which I thought was a x loebneri named form The drought has done for the new growth on the Rhododendon nobleanum cut down…

…the garden apart from ‘Strybing White’. However the best thing in the Burncoose garden today was Rhododendron mucronulatum. A larger flowered form than ours here with paler pinkish flowers. Rhododendron…

…has self-seeded itself within the clump as the older trunks have gradually died off. A helpful characteristic! A light coloured form. I have seen much darker forms elsewhere. Rhododendron oreotrephes…

…trunk. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea First flowers on the pinker form of Rhododendron irroratum. Nowhere near as good a form as the Burncoose plants which have spots on the inside…

…back but formosum has. Unexpected! Rhododendron formosum Rhododendron formosum Rhododendron ‘Tibet’ a (new to us) williamsianum hybrid, flowering well in the nursery. These plants will need to get planted out…

…we saw at Rowallane last week. Rhododendron wallichii (EX 20587) Rhododendron wallichii (EX 20587) Rhododendron roxieanum – AGM leaf form. Rhododendron roxieanum Rhododendron bureavioides which I had forgotten about. On…