12th May

…ever see a flower. These are for an order and not for Chelsea. Dianthus ‘Mrs Sinkins’ Dianthus ‘Mrs Sinkins’ Tiarella ‘Appalachian Trail’ will be spot on for the stand as…

4th May

…making a small tree. Aextoxicon punctatum Aextoxicon punctatum Rhododendron ‘Mrs Furnivall’ according to the plan. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Furnivall’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Furnivall’ This Michelia doltsopa is now leafless but the new…

26th April

…Caragana arborescens ‘Walker’ Three plants of supposedly Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ but no pink blotch? Very unlike the old plant on the main ride. Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’…

12th April

…names. Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ A carpet of fallen flowers under Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ is another of the ‘girls’. Very odd and tiny…

27th January

…this early despite its colour. Pink fading to white. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ 2018 – CHW Jaimie finds the old plant of Illicium anisatum full out above Crinodendron…

1st August

…Springwood GC which had closed down. All stock gone. No surprises here! 2016 – CHW At last a really decent rose on the front of Backstay. Mrs Williams appears to…

23rd February

…fully out. Rhododendron leucaspis Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ now fully out despite some wind browning. Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ The New Zealand Magnolia…

21st April

…Magnolia ‘Slavins No 4’ Magnolia ‘Slavins No 4’ One of the first Gill Hybrids to show. This is what we call Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’…

8th February

…Camellia ‘Kick Off’ A decent large flower now out on Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’. Just the start. Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ The nobbled and gnarled bark on an…

27th March

‘Mrs D W Davis’. Perhaps the best new camellia to emerge since the cold and snow. Aptly named too! Camellia ‘Extravaganza’ Camellia ‘Extravaganza’ Camellia ‘Extravaganza’ Camellia cuspidata finally full out….