…Costa’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ alongside Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’. Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ alongside Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ with its anemone shaped flowers. They seem rather small to me this year…

…but nothing exceptional. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ – quite a longstanding and well known hybrid soon to be superseded by better. From memory a Magnolia denudata…

…‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ has light pink buds opening pure white as you see here. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Flowers on…

…Kennel Close The dwarf Pinus mugo ‘Winter Gold’ looking fantastic in the sun. dwarf Pinus mugo ‘Winter Gold’ Eucalyptus simmonosii with peeled bark and flower buds. Eucalyptus simmonosii Eucalyptus simmonosii…

…starting to die off. Rainfall has sustained it through the winter. Prunus pilosiuscula In 1991 I planted Sequoia sempervirens and Sequoiadendron giganteum side by side at Bramble Field Corner. No…

…flowers on just one (as yet) of the larger Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Plenty of flowers on Lonicera fragrantissima above White Stiles top gate. A…

…and Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ out together for once. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ and Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Camellia ‘Winton’ and Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ full out. Camellia ‘Winton’ and Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Camellia…

…both on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ A smallish plant of Camellia ‘Winton’ now nicely out beside ‘Winter Intruder’. Camellia ‘Winton’…

…Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ and Camellia ‘Winton’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ and Camellia ‘Winton’ A close up of Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’. close up of Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Camellia japonica ‘Carter’s Sunburst’…

…(‘Tortoiseshell Champagne’) – a Slocock hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Champagne’ Rhododendron ‘Champagne’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Torch’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Torch’ Rhododendron ‘Colonel Rogers Group’ (Rhododendron niveum x Rhododendron…

…Banks’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ now out in flower although its leaves have lost some of their yellowish hue despite being in shade. Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold…

…a good show. Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ See how different this flower is on our Desfontainea spinosa than the one a week ago at Osborne House…

…Louis Freres’ Like many of these euonymus they can be climbers as well as free standing shrubs. Here Euonymus ‘Emerald and Gold’. Euonymus ‘Emerald and Gold’ Euonymus ‘Emerald and Gold’…

…well. Victoria plums Crab apples formed but far from ripe. crab apple A small red fruited crab apple. crab apple A golden hop dominates an apple tree. golden hop Flowers…

…‘Autumn Gold’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ A tree fern on Sinogrande Walk with Rh. ponticum and Quercus ilex growing from its trunk. tree fern The (untraceable) and dwarf Carpinus nimpoli…

…other Manglietias are out. Polyspora knocked back by winter frost rather than the drought. Polyspora knocked back by winter frost Yesterday this rhododendron had its leaves half curled back. Today…

…Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ (second plant) with a more pronounced weeping habit –…

…Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ now full out. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Sophora microphylla ‘Dragons Gold’ is out on time. Sophora microphylla ‘Dragons Gold’ Correa ‘Dusky Bells’ covered in flower. Correa ‘Dusky Bells’ Schefflera pauciflora…

…Rookery. Quite a bright colour on an overcast day but, as yet, unblemished by wind or frost. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Alongside it Camellia ‘Winton’…

…williamsii ‘November Pink’ is now full out in the main quarry. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’….