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….
…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….
…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’….
…‘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…
…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…
…‘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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…