…So no great show this year. Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala First flowers out on Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum (perhaps?) Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum…

…sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) The Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling in the Aucklandii Garden has not been destroyed yet by…

…coxii. Tom Hudson inspects Juniperus recurva var. coxii Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in the Ririei Opening. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Roy Lancaster beside the Michelia tree he fell out in…

…early morning visit to Burncoose for meetings.Our Burncoose stock plant of Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ by the mist houses. Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ Abutilon vitafolium var.…

…this year for the second time. Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis (WWJ 11982) with a few flowers high up. Not as many flowers…

…lutea var. ludlowii – a very fine large flowered form Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii – a very fine large flowered form Paeonia unnamed Paeonia unnamed Paeonia unnamed Paeonia rockii Farfalla…

…At Rosemoor it is used as a columnar windbreak. Ilex yunnanensis Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei nicely out with its odd tri-lobed leaves. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei…

…male flowers. A tremendous show today. Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Magnolia ‘Dark Shadow’ is damaged but rather uninteresting in what I think…

…yunnanensis just going over. Planted in 2018 and already needing a hard pruning back which it got in 2021. Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Flower buds well…

…I am still a bit suspicious of this naming when I look at the flower clusters. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Salvia leucantha just out. Salvia leucantha…