21st November

…from crosses with Camellia oleifera. Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ Autumn leaf fall towards the Four-in-Hand. The Magnolia x loebneri lasted for only 48 hours with its full yellow…

24th June

…Shoe. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ did have its first bud but it got eaten by a squirrel as you can see. Good new…

17th May

…Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Syringa tomentella from Roundabarrow with its first few flowers. Syringa tomentella Abelia floribunda looking good in the Isla Rose. It thrives in…

28th June

…buying seed grown things from overseas. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Another Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ with better flowers. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ 2020 – CHW A splendid flower on Magnolia…

14th January

…flower on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ The horrid remains of a drought starved rhododendron. drought starved rhododendron 2023 – CHW To the Top Lodge down to…

28th November

…or leaf drop. Rehderodendron kwangtungense Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ still flowerless but loads of bud. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ A few secondary flowers on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ as is normal at…

29th December

…as last year, on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. This plant has an endless flowering season. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ A very black cock pheasant by Tin Garden. very black cock…

28th February

…a last year planted Magnolia ‘Snowblood’. Magnolia ‘Snowblood’ Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Elizabeth Holman’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ with a flower or two out. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot…

7th January

…obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba Mahonia leschenaultia is just coming into flower. Mahonia leschenaultia Mahonia leschenaultia Still the odd flower on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Flowers soon to…

29th November

…that this is not just Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ but ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ or ‘Michael’ (after Charlie Michael the head gardener here until 1956). ‘Michael’, they say, is a larger /…