…is looking as good as ever. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Very few broadleaved elms have survived, still less produced their ‘rabbits money’ seeds. broadleaved elms A cloud of shedding alder seeds covers…

…favourite Crataegus – C. laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Rhododendron orbiculare – a good form but nearly dead. Rhododendron orbiculare Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ about to flower profusely. The…

…have. Also Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ and Michelia ‘Silver Cloud’ as well. It made them all laugh and we had a very jolly dinner in what is now known as…

…niitakayamensis in flower. Photinia niitakayamensis Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ nearly over. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ 2020 – CHW At Burncoose today and could not resist more pictures of Carrieria calycina….

…Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ Half a Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ has died and Karol films a topical tip of the dead bits being sawn off at the base. Eucryphia…

…japonica Magnolia sapaensis now full out. Magnolia sapaensis Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ One of our best two Rhododendron maddenii. Rhododendron maddenii Eucryphia milligani just coming out….

…Cloud’ which has suddenly died this year. Ten days ago it was fine at Donkey Shoe and in flower. Only one decent 15 to 20 year old one left now….

…of seeds just below Tin Garden. Worth Asia trying these as we might conceivably get a new hybrid from them. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’…

…Cloud’ x ‘Sunrise’ 21. ‘Mr Julian’ x ‘Vulcan’ 22. ‘Betty Jessel ‘ x ‘Vulcan’ 23. ‘Red Lion’ x ‘Vulcan’ 24. ‘Apollo’ x ‘Vulcan’ 25. ‘Purple Sensation’ x ‘Vulcan’ 26. ‘Felix…

…those at Caerhays. Here Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ by the mist houses. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Acer palmatumn ‘Senkaki’ (‘Sango-Kaku’) has autumn colour already above the mist houses. Acer palmatumn…

…house and garden tour. Quite a day! 2018 – CHW Up in Northumberland, earlier in the week, I stopped to photograph Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus, the snowberry, growing in the…

…is tucked away in a very sheltered spot at the top of the garden. Quite a coup in gardening terms. Magnolia tamaulipana Another Eucryphia x lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ with even…

…Bank First berries for Asia to collect from Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ in the Isla Rose Plantation which was planted 18 months ago. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’…

…to open and shed in the potting shed. Camellia japonica seeds Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ is going over but I saw and photographed a flower on this plant last January….

…fordiana (var. fordiana)? Manglietia Flowers on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. The first Eucryphia to be out? Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ The old Hoheria glabrata on the drive is still putting…

…striped Camellia (?). It is not named on the plan! Camellia Although dead and ready for removal Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ has blown over. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Another Camellia…

…indumentum on the underside of the leaves quite something too! Rhododendron bureavii Rhododendron bureavii First flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Secondary…

…to defoliate entirely this winter. Normally semi-evergreen. Embothrium lanceolatum First flowers high up on a Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ with its peculiar winter colours….

…many times along with the ‘Cornish Snow’ over the years. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The flowers on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ are enormous this year with quite a bit…

…seeming fully double when full out. Large flowers for a sasanqua. Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ ‘Winters Joy’ – a semi-double medium pink. Camellia ‘Winters Joy’…