…in the garden today. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Carpinus pubescens (2022 planted). Carpinus pubescens Carpinus shensiensis (2022 planted). Carpinus shensiensis Cryptocarya alba getting established. Cryptocarya alba Aesculus californica nearly out….
…wall by the greenhouse is full out and scenting everything. Its oldest branches have ‘clubfoot’ or fasciation (i.e. flattened and chubby stems). Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ In the…
…battered, is Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’. Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’ One forgets how much darker the Trewithen sport (of Camellia ‘Donation’) Camellia ‘Celebration’…
…Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ The best magnolia in the garden today is the Magnolia campbellii alba seedling in the Auklandii Garden. Magnolia campbellii alba seedling Magnolia campbellii alba seedling A windblown…
…Chyverton it looks like a good campbellii alba seedling really even if named after Sir Harold. More like the New Zealand Magnolia campbellii alba really and possibly the same! Both…
…‘Alba’ under a yew tree and behind a wall so it is totally sheltered from the salt spray. Vinca minor ‘Alba’ Vinca minor ‘Alba’ View 22nd February 1897 – 2020…
…damaged flower on a huge Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling by the drive. Most buds destroyed in the wind and frost. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ A hybrid which flowered for the first…
…A few nice flowers still but too far out. Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Magnolia ‘Daphne’; this one growing in the shade looked ‘good to cut and go’ on…
…pheasant eye daffodils Azalea ‘Hinodegiri’ and Rhododendron bauhiniiflorum on Hovel Cart Road. Azalea ‘Hinodegiri’ First flowers on Azalea ‘Ledifolia Alba’ on the drive. Azalea ‘Ledifolia Alba’ Azalea amoena and Rhododendron…
…I did plant a clutch of soulangeana varieties here but only two varieties seem to have made it. Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ 2015 – CHW A…
…his way out of that one?Crinodendron hookerianum in bud already – three week early. Crinodendron hookerianum Meliosma alba flowers nearly over. Meliosma alba Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Moonspire’ with the usual…
…from Borde Hill. They hope to send us seed later. Our plant, as we saw recently, is too ancient to have produced any seed for years. Meliosma alba Meliosma alba…
…worth the effort today. CAMELLIA ‘Mathotiana Alba’ CAMELLIA ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ – same problem. The two plants are side by side. I cannot remember where the pink mathotiana…
…on Rhododendron griersonianum. Rhododendron griersonianum Rhododendron griersonianum Still plenty of leaf on a young Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ First and solitary flower on Camellia grijsii. Camellia grijsii Acer…
…well. Quercus engelmannii Quercus engelmannii Ilex chapaensis with berries. Ilex chapaensis Ilex chapaensis Magnolia campbellii ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ (Alba Group) still in full leaf. Magnolia campbellii ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ (Alba…
…‘Corallinum’ Hydrangea kawakamii ‘Formosa’ in rude health and growing away vigorously now. Hydrangea kawakamii ‘Formosa’ A young Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ still in full leaf. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Beside it Magnolia…
…few flowers. First Nerine bowdenii nearly out. Nerine bowdenii A fine clump of Sedum spectabile just going over. Sedum spectabile 2021 – CHW Cornus alba ‘Siberian Pearls’ developing its clusters…
…out. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ in the same state. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Seed well formed on Styrax obassia. Styrax obassia Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156) is very…
…Cuttings originally from Tregrehan. Podocarpus wangii Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ is now well established on the Tin Garden shed. My mother’s favourite rose. Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ Still a great…
…8302) Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ has the odd flower last year but now it is covered. Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ Our young and treasured Meliosma beaniana (M. Alba)…