…‘Caerhays Splendour’ The very late flowering pink form of Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’. Quite a display for mid July! Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ As is the Rhododendron nuttallii below…

…‘Touch of Pink’ to expand into the space. this will make a sheltered planting plot Another of our aerial layers on a branch which has died. Probably too low down…

…the top of the old deer park only just established. The pink and white Rhododendron arboreums featured are still (exactly) there now in extreme old age. The Irish yew is…

…sinensis ‘Flamingo’ with its startling pink new growth in the cash point. Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Euphorbia polychroma looking especially good in the sun. Euphorbia polychroma Euphorbia polychroma Telopea speciosissima ‘Braidwood…

…the first original pink Camellia sasanqua. These are 100+ year old plants and this one (of seven) is always the first but not always out in September. Is August the…

…30 years so the blurb said. Far too many in a tiny pool. Koi carp 2020 – CHW Rhododendron viscosum in shade by Tin Garden with a hint of pink…

…when set against so many scores of others. It is a lightish and translucent pink but quite different from Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ or Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’. Again this needs formal…

…Another very blustery day but still no rain. Forecasters wrong five days running. 1950 – CW Took seedling Camellia from big quarry to R.H.S called November Pink – given an…

…Christmas x williamsii camellias such as ‘November Pink’, ‘St Ewe’ and ‘J C Williams’ are almost exactly on time and as usual. The diary proves that camellias have been out…

…‘Winton’ is a light pink and ‘Cornish Snow’ a pure white. I prefer the white! Alongside ‘Winton’, quite literally, and totally unknown previously to me, is what I assume from…