…x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ Pieris japonica ‘Bonfire’ just has a slight hint of pink in its buds but I assume the name refers to the very red…

…portico. Fascicularia bicolor The extraordinary red flowered and vigorously climbing Salvia gesneriiflora. I thought it was Salvia dombeyi but was quite wrong. This grows to 20 feet. Salvia gesneriiflora Tetra[?]…

…I assume. Stewartia serrata A particularly good single red Camellia japonica with several flowers out. Camellia japonica Despite there being few rabbits here at present they soon find a fallen…

…plump red buds before. They soon burst to reveal the first reddish leaves. Rheum palmatum Rheum palmatum Rheum palmatum A batch of Iris unguicularis is in full flower in the…

…New growth on the ancient pink flowered Camellia sasanqua is dark bronzy-red. The white flowered forms have quite different new growth. Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua 2021 – CHW A hurried…

…flowered form. Magnolia globosa 2021 – CHW A good show of bronzy new growth on the ancient Camellia sasanquas. Camellia sasanquas Stewartia rostrata just coming out on the drive. Stewartia…

…is looking rather tired and pot bound in the heatwave. Jaimie uses the presence of a small digger to move it to a new planting site near the shop in…

…S. pseudocamellia. Seed catkin clusters on Carpinus betulus ‘Purpurea’. Sorbus hupehensis covered in berries. Hydrangea aspera, a gift from Lord Howick in March 2018, is perhaps the best thing in…

…The paler form has been out for weeks and now looks a bit battered by the heavy rains of late. Camellia saluenensis First flower on the ancient Camellia japonica ‘Lady…

…Camellia ‘Tiffany’ A single red japonica of no great merit. single red japonica An early and unformed flower on Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’. Windblown I guess. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Rhododendron ‘Bo…