…out and splendid below Slip Rail. Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ One of the original Magnolia campbellii alba now full out. Magnolia campbellii alba Camellia ‘Dream Boat’…

…showing up well at the top of the drive. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ is exceptional with huge flowers that droop…

…meeting: These were the plants These were the plants These were the plants Magnolia campbellii alba seedling – 15in x 18in when fully openMagnolia ‘Lanarth Surprise’ Magnolia campbellii alba seedling…

…One of 8 new Camellia sasanqua varieties planted out below White Styles in the Beatrice Fleur Plantation. Camellia sasanqua ‘Pink Goddess’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Minato-no-akebono’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Minato-no-akebono’ Camellia ‘Fimbriata Alba’…

…in the younger leaves. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Cotoneaster hualiensis with a fine crop of berries again this year. Cotoneaster hualiensis Cotoneaster hualiensis Sorbus gonggashanica with…

…campbellii alba seedling nearby. Magnolia campbellii alba seedling The roedeer are now eating the aucuba! aucuba And, as at Tregrehan, the young new shoots on rhododendrons. rhododendrons New growth again…

…the 2012 coldish winter and the March 2018 Beast from the East which largely defoliated it. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Gevuina avellana just coming out into…

…insignis Pinus insignis Another Rhododendron davidsonianum with secondary flowers. Rhododendron davidsonianum Camellia japonica ‘Alba Simplex’ looking good. The frost has spurred it into flower? Camellia japonica ‘Alba Simplex’ Camellia japonica…

…hue as they first open. Nothing like as good as the true M campbellii var alba. Magnolia campbellii var alba ‘Strybing White’ 1933 – JCW Very far behind 28. Forrest’s…

…second and third magnolias to come out this year:Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’ – New Zealand origin and nearly always early. No flowers showing last Sunday. Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing…

…shit on the veranda. cow shit Acacia melanoxylon is totally hardy here. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon </div Abies alba Abies alba Abies alba Olearia argyrophylla Olearia argyrophylla Olearia argyrophylla Another…

…alba ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ Meanwhile the rather pale campbellii near Tin Garden has seen a couple of its flowers begin to open. campbellii campbellii We…

…near Georges Hut. A poor plant grows on the castle wall. Camellia ‘Salutation’ Camellia ‘Salutation’ First flowers on the elderly Camellia ‘Grandiflora Alba’. Masses of buds to come on this…

…too. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ In the lee of the east wind Michelia doltsopa is fine. On the other side of the tree total leaf drop…

…‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ 2022 – CHW Buddleja speciosissima was planted out last spring. Interesting new growth today. Buddleja speciosissima Buddleia heliophila with its first flowers which are…

…x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia ‘Alba Simplex’ nicely out but slightly frosted. Camellia ‘Alba Simplex’ Camellia ‘Alba Simplex’ Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ is shedding its secondary bud coverings. We lost a…

…‘Alba’ Galega x hartlandii ‘Alba’ Cestrum elegans – the true form and not what we have sometimes seen under this name in the nursery. What grows on the top wall…

…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…

…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…