…but here are a couple more. Azalea ‘Kirin’ with its hose in hose flowers. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Azalea ‘Malvatica’ with its occasional pink flash on the bud and petals. Azalea ‘Malvatica’…

…‘Hiraethlyn’ looking very fine too. Simple but effective. Camellia ‘Hiraethlyn’ Camellia ‘Hiraethlyn’ Camellia ‘Hiraethlyn’ Camellia ‘Can Can’ should be pink but two thirds of the bush have sported similar shaped…

…to find 4 camellias already in flower in a tunnel. Some sasanquas you might expect to be out but not a couple of the others. Camellia sasanqua (pink). Camellia sasanqua…

…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…

…but no Reticulata – Hamamelis good, also mucronulatum. 1947 – CW Hamamelis very good. Pink heath well out and some white, Camellia hybrids only first begun. Very late. First flower…

…very few open flowers. Very pale pink and fairly unremarkable in one sense but absurd to see this in mid-January. Magnolia campbellii Only when leafless can you see how twisted…

…the bulbs are planted. One R auriculatum growing, two rhodo’s yet in flower. 1907 – JCW Had a flower of R decorum from Danbury. Pink pelargonium good, bulbs mostly moved….

…Patti’ as you can see here. What an extraordinary ‘sporting’ camellia this is. The white flower has some touches of pink but I suspect there will be pure white flowers…

…macrantha. They were planted in large clumps and vary in colour from dark red to pink. The flowers are often sparse and not all the flowers come out at once…

…‘Tatiana’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Tatiana’ This Camellia gigantocarpa has still never flowered or shown any sign of a bud. Camellia gigantocarpa Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ only has the odd pinkish flower…