…its bark) was a Kingdom Ward collection from Mount Victoria in Burma. Tom’s father grows this in New Zealand. Rhododendron albotomentosum Rhododendron albotomentosum Rhododendron albotomentosum Rhododendron albotomentosum Camellia chekiangoleosa has…

…is out above the Auklandii. Only a few flowers this year but they really are quite yellow as the buds start to open. Raf tells me that Mount Congreve gardens,…

…second time with six to eight flowers. This scion came as one of three from Mount Congreve gardens near Cork where the original I saw did have pale yellow buds…

…the head gardener at Mount Congreve originally in 2007. Phyllocladus trichomanoides var. alpina Phyllocladus trichomanoides var. alpina I was wrong yesterday. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (pink form) is full out above…

…kawakamii 1 Callicarpa dichotoma 1 Callicarpa membranacea 3 Hydrangea involucrata 3 Hydrangea serr. Mount Aso 1 Ilex pedunculosa 1 Mahonia sheridaniana 1 Myoporum laetum 1 Nothofagus cunninghamii 1 Stewartia Anne…

…on Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’. Yellow as it opens fading to white. Again too high up to photograph properly. Originally from a graft gifted to us by Mount Congreve. Magnolia…

…originally a scion from Mount Congreve is in full leaf and looking very well two years from planting. Magnolia campbellii yellow form Jaimie told me that Camellia x williamsii ‘November…

…collection of tender ferns, palms, bananas and agave etc gives Tresco a run for its money in and above an extremely sheltered south facing Cornish valley overlooking St Michaels Mount….

…in the Mount Edgecumbe collection. He showed Camellia japonica ‘Rogetsu’ which is an early flowerer (white) and in my mind I had mistakenly muddled it with ‘Reigyoku’. Hence the need…

…problems which mount up but still have to be dealt with somehow.Meanwhile Edwina and I have knocked up a few articles for the Caerhays website which will go live soon….