…swamping nearby Pieris and scented rhododendrons. A fairly dramatic pruning of what had become a spreading tree. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ A long dead snake bark maple was felled and burnt…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Muskoka’ The tidy up above the Auklandii Garden is now complete. Camellias and an old pieris cut back. tidy up above the Auklandii Garden tidy up above…

…– FJW P.M.W died. 1970 – FJW Snow – enough to whiten the ground – taking down Diva, Diva seedling in O.P, white Robusta, dark red Pieris and Charles Michael….

…Flower Show in Windsor. These are shown below: We also scooped : Class 1 – 4th with Prunus serrulate ‘Shipotae’, Stachyurus chinensis, Pieris ‘Charles Michael’ and Osmanthus delavayi Class 9…

…new growths. Viburnum macrophyllum Viburnum macrophyllum Crabiodendron yunnanense is just finishing flowering and the ground is carpeted with greenish white balls resembling those of a pieris. I always seem to…

…flowering form of cow parsley which I think is Pieris hieraciodes or Hawkweed Ox-tongue. cow parsley cow parsley This is Stachys sylvatica, Hedge Groundwort, which I thought at first was…

…a lot of others. Auklandii x Blood Red showing colour. We have been marketing Pieris 2 weeks and are beginning corylopsis tomorrow. Camellia reticulata species at their best especially the…

…this tree set seed lower down but it has proved easy from cuttings. The flowers are pieris like and normally much better than they look here. Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense…