Visit to Tregrehan – 3rd November 2018

…gave us a plant a few years ago. White flowers before the leaves appear. Enkianthus serrulatus Rehderodendron kwangtungense with no discernible autumn colour as yet and no seeds this year…

23rd March

…flowering which was a muddy white. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest Pink’ finally produces a decent flower. The rest were blown away. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest Pink’…

18th November

…Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Magnolia obovata and Liriodendron chinense. Magnolia obovata and Liriodendron chinense The ghostly white of Cornus alternifolia. Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia…

24th October

…the white frills which you can just see on its stem here. Another widespread and common species in deciduous or mixed woodland. Amanita excelsa var. spissa Amanita excelsa var. spissa…

7th November

…we cleared the Tin Garden area last February. old iron pipe Another oak tree fell in the gale last Friday/Saturday below White Styles. oak tree Garden Society members were reporting…

RHS Savill Garden – Flower Show Pictures – 2018

…Prunus yedoensis Prunus yedoensis Prunus yedoensis Camellia ‘Kona’ – a perfect white Camellia ‘Kona’ Camellia ‘Kimberley’ – a stunning colour Camellia ‘Kimberley’ Rhododendron kesongiae Rhododendron kesongiae Rhododendron lonigerum Rhododendron lonigerum…

1st November

…‘Alba Plena’ Camellia sasanqua (white No. 3 from Caerhays) plants propagated here. They take a few years to grow into a saleable size. Camellia sasanqua These are Camellia sasanqua (pink…

16th November

…time flowering that I have seen of Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ – a nice double white evergreen form. Presumably this is a secondary flush. Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ The…

Tregrehan Gardens Visit – 15th March 2019

…with a flower Podocarpus matudae with huge podocarps Illicium mexicanum in full flower Rhododendron prostitum seedlings. Pink at first fading to near white. Rhododendron rireii – the best form I…

3rd November

…dad 30 years ago and it does not look that out of place today. A New Zealander by an ancient white camellia and under a Chinese maple. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax…