…as well as the five different original 1895 sasanqua plants growing on the castle wall. ‘Navahoe’ ‘Navahoe’ ‘Navahoe’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Rosea Plena’ – very yellow foliage…

…garden. blue garden Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ covered in seed which I have never yet seen on the Burncoose plant and an exceptional ‘snake-bark’ stem. Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver…

…sericea have died in the last year. Wonderful, but hardly silvery, new growth here. The silver is on the undersides of the leaves as on all N. sericea but especially…

…camphora grows nearby whose leaves smell as you would expect when crushed. Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Rhododendron pseudochyrsanthemum is just out below Donkey Shoe. The leaf…

…‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ I had been expecting Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’ to show any day but nothing yet on the old plants on the Main Ride. Here a youngster is…

…japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ at the cash point. Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ A flower just coming out on Magnolia ‘Venus’ in…

…in leaf/growth a week on from the icy winds. Syringa reticulata Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ out again too. Just the first few flowers lost. Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ The…

…to the sasanqua collection. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hiryu’ Camellia japonica ‘Silver Anniversary’ full out and with some petal blight already below the two Magnolia x veitchii. Camellia japonica ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia…

…Camellia ‘Free Spirit’ Camelia ‘Silver Ruffles’ Camelia ‘Silver Ruffles’ Camelia ‘Silver Ruffles’ And some newer magnolias:Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ – quite dull! Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Millie Gaylon’ – the tree…

…Wiseman’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ just coming out. Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ and Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron…