20th June

…‘Pink Polar Bear’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Another Stewartia monodelpha which probably also is not true to name. Two others in the far end of Kennel Close have no flowers…

15th July

…one full out, one over and one still in bud. Individual Polar Bears can emerge any time between late June and September. You smell them first! Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Another…

1st September

…the same to the other clump now alongside the Main Quarry. Rhododendron davidsonianum Magnolia ‘Sunray’ with a solitary secondary flower. Magnolia ‘Sunray’ Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ below the Hovel Cart Road….

25th September

…small flowers this year on Gevuina avellana after the drought. Gevuina avellana A few tail end flowers on Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’. They appear now after rain. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar

8th August

…never know. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ A good Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ in the Ririei Opening. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Bright pink anthers on Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’…

5th August

…really good Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ hidden away. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Euonymus wilsonii setting seed. Euonymus wilsonii Asimina triloba with only a few small flowers this year. Our two plants have…

6th August

Bear’ full out by Georges Hut. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ First flowering with us of the new Clethra monostachya. One for Asia to now propagate. Attractive leaf formation. Clethra monostachya Clethra…

14th June

…Calycanthus ‘Athens’. Calycanthus ‘Athens’   Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ is struggling into flower and may well die before it does. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Philadelphus pekinensis just in flower in…

26th July

…groups to flower. Exquisite scent today. Self-sown Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ seedlings by Georges Hut at their best but several not out as yet. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ seedlings Ehretia dicksonii in…

25th July

…the year flowers on the elderly Lithocarpus cleistocarpus. Lithocarpus cleistocarpus This clump of Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ already nearly over by George’s Hut. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ covered in…