11th May

…cyclops Callistemon citrinus ‘White Anzac’ – yellow yes but white never seen before. This one living! Callistemon citrinus ‘White Anzac’ Callistemon phoeniceus – does not look like a bottle brush….

8th November

King’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Crimson King’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Crimson King’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’….

17th November

…‘Trewithen White’ ‘Trewithen White’ ‘Souvenir de Claude Brivet’ – some branches with white and some with pink flowers ‘Souvenir de Claude Brivet’ ‘Souvenir de Claude Brivet’ x vernalis – another…

18th March

…good show as before. ‘Fairy Cream’, which is beside it, is only half the size and nowhere near out yet. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia…

18th April

…‘Professor Sprenger’ – pinkish in bud opening white. Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Louisa’ – drooping habit and a gentle pink. Malus ‘Louisa’ Malus ‘White Angel’ – top heavy with flower…

16th October

white Camellia sasanqua The second, smaller, white Camellia sasanqua is further out. Two days ago nothing. smaller, white Camellia sasanqua smaller, white Camellia sasanqua Fuchsia and white Camellia sasanqua both…

24th May

…Merrilopanax alpinus A late flowering Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ tucked away out of sight. Excellent today. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron loderi…

3rd May

…2 forms and the other one is even better. Rhododendron floccigerum Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Rhododendron davidsonianum by Donkey Shoe. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Rhododendron davidsonianum Rhododendron loderi…

11th March

…Leucothoe fontanesiana Whitewater ‘Howw’ Leucothoe fontanesiana Whitewater ‘Howw’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ – a great deal better than our erratic ‘Marbled White’. Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Pittosporum dallii Schefflera…

13th May

…many yet. 3 of the last years brood are still sulking in the lower moor. Saw 2 Kingfishers in their full plumage. We only have one really mature Malus and…