…R.GRIFFITHIANUM x purple splendour cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x JC Williams cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x arboreum sub delavayii cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x cetewayo cross 2016 – CHW A tour with Mike and Annabelle Lloyd…

…Burncoose for potting on with us retaining a few to replace the elderly plants growing here. Rhododendron arboreum. Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron hyperythrum. Rhododendron hyperythrum Rhododendron tephropeplum. Rhododendron tephropeplum Rhododendron protistum…

…arboreum Oxydendron arboreum Sedum spectabile ‘Brilliant’ sitting alongside Senecio ‘Angel Wings’ makes an interesting contrast and a nice idea for a border planting combination. Sedum spectabile ‘Brilliant’ sitting alongside Senecio…

…still has much seed to give from its final terminal flowering. Thankfully self-sown seedlings are doing well beside it. white arboreum white arboreum One Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ ringbarked by…

…even the evergreen azaleas in Kennel Close. The bite marks are fresh and obvious. azaleas Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ loaded with buds. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Rhododendron arboreum ssp. cinnamomeum now out…

…week with Raf Lenaerts party. Magnolia ‘Queen Elizabeth’ is suddenly full out. Magnolia ‘Queen Elizabeth’ As is Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum Rhododendron…

…plant still has not managed. Berberis insignis Aeonium arboreum ‘Schwarzkop’ in full flower which I do not think that I have photographed before. Aeonium arboreum ‘Schwarzkop’ Aeonium arboreum ‘Schwarzkop’ The…

…1932 – JCW Some Barbatum open, moupinense good, parvifolium long over. Arboreum x Thomsonii open. Camellia speciosa has been good for 3 weeks. 1924 – JCW R barbatum, strigillosum, mucronulatum,…

…and Argenteum all opening. Also Nobleanum, R praecox v good, hybrid Arboreum and Thom x Arboreum. 1903 – JCW Picked and sent Pen a Campanelli. Fulgens good, Primula megasoefolia holding…

…been since Christmas. Moupinense, Sutchuenense, Barbatum, Arboreum hybrids, Erica darleyense are all very nice. 1918 – JCW The following Rhodo’ species are open or show colour – Longistylum – Moupinense…

…Trewithen’s is plastered? Asia needs to collect quickly before they fall. Schima wallichii First flowers on Rhododendron arboreum subsp delavayi but too high up to photograph. This is a nearby…

…wall by Library. R argenteum and most arboreums at their best. Some trumpets but a few incomps open. The best white Arboreum is hardly open. Barbatums well on, a few…

…Cam reticulata on wall by Library. R argenteum and most arboreums at their best. Some trumpets but a few incomps open. The best white Arboreum is hardly open. Barbatums well…

…two Mrs Butler x Arboreum, several opening. Thomsonii x Arboreum just about there. Prunus pissardi moderate, too much bullfinch and a bad bad year for them. Some reticulatas show colour,…

…a hint of pink in the flowers but the orangy-brown indumentum under the leaves is identical. You do have to loop up as you walk underneath! Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum…

…Peep’ now nicely out. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ As now is Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum Absolutely gorgeous scent and full out today at 12-15ft tall is Daphne…

…Michelia tree The biggest Michelia doltsopa by Donkey Shoe. Michelia doltsopa Michael, Tom and Marie Louise Agius inspect our Aucuba omeiensis. Aucuba omeiensis Then on to Tregothnan. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood…

…rare (for us) group of Crocus amid a bank of naturalised wild daffodils in the Aucklandii Garden. group of Crocus Camellia lecture and tour today. Rhododendron lutescens and Rhododendron arboreum…

…and a young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ The view through the arch with Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ nearly at its absolute best. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp….

…x veitchii Magnolia x veitchii Rhododendron arboreum ‘Tony Shilling’ in the Rookery. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Tony Shilling’ Magnolia ‘Chyverton Pegasus’ very splendid in the sun. Magnolia ‘Chyverton Pegasus’ Magnolia ‘Chyverton Pegasus’…