…also now has two single flowers above the Hovel and opposite the pink form. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – yellow form Not as many out from perhaps 100 varieties along the…

…And Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ – planted 2021. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ First flowers out on the pink form of Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ 2021 – CHW Storm…

…best. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) full out on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) Fallen camellia petal on the track to White Styles. Fallen camellia petal Removing…

…Wim Rutten the founder of Magnoliastore (1940-2006). Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ (M. ‘Forrest’s Pink’ x M. ‘Marilyn’) Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ (M. ‘Forrest’s Pink’ x M. ‘Marilyn’) Pomaderris apiculata now out in…

…better. Total failure I fear. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ The seed heads are forming on Symplocus paniculata. These will turn blue in…

…the bell flower is incorrect. MAGNOLIA ‘Coral Pink’ MAGNOLIA ‘Coral Pink’ The unknown magnolia from a few days ago has been tracked down in the planting record as ‘Coral Pink’….

…prunifolium just coming out. Rhododendron prunifolium This is the real and best pink form of Magnolia delavayi by the Kitchen Garden. Only fleetingly pink in bud as you can see….

…Another white with a hint of pink at the base but rather larger than ‘Fireglow’ above. From the reference books and its shape reckon it is Magnolia ‘Pickards Coral’ which…

…x leucaspis A new plant of Rhododendron decorum (white form) flowers for the first time below Tin Garden. Rhododendron decorum (white form) Rhododendron decorum (white form) Over the weekend I…

…Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Camellia japonica ‘Hatsusakur’a (‘Dewatairin’), a Higo camellia, now well out. Camellia japonica ‘Hatsusakur’a (‘Dewatairin’) The first flower out on Camellia japonica ‘Adelina Patti’ is…

…‘Bo Peep’ (yellow form) at its best. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Rookery Path laurel all pruned and tidied. laurel First flower on Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum A…

…Interlude’ just out. Rhododendron ‘Winter Interlude’ A single early flower on Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Yellow form) on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Yellow form) A young and still flowerless Polyspora…

…of Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – yellow form – has a few flowers on the Main Ride. Nothing much yet though. The pictures I took are completely out of focus! Rhododendron…

…us Mahonia ‘Bokrafoot’ in full flower at the Savill Garden entrance. Well worth stocking by Burncoose. Mahonia ‘Bokrafoot’ Mahonia ‘Bokrafoot’ Mahonia ‘Bokrafoot’ An impressive trunk on an ancient Nothofagus dombeyi….

…wuyuanensis Styrax wuyuanensis The same story with Styrax formosanus. Styrax formosanus Styrax formosanus Styrax hemsleyanus just coming out. Styrax hemsleyanus 2024 – CHW At Chelsea I photographed two primula species…

…named the clone of this species ‘Pink Parchment’? Nicer than our original actually and seems stronger growing. Magnolia zenii ‘Pink Parchment’ Magnolia zenii ‘Pink Parchment’ Magnolia ‘Charles Raffil’ with two…

…‘Slavin’s 44’. Magnolia ‘Slavin’s 44’ Magnolia ‘Slavin’s 44’ Magnolia ‘Big Pink’ x ‘Werrington’ named ‘Cassandra’. Magnolia ‘Big Pink’ x ‘Werrington’ named ‘Cassandra’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’. Magnolia x loebneri…

…Spanish. bluebells bluebells A good clump of now wild (but once cultivated) pinkish bluebells. pinkish bluebells pinkish bluebells Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ just emerging into flower in the border opposite the front…

…an inch of rain yesterday. Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Camellia japonica ‘Kramer’s Beauty’ still with good flower at the…

…Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Photinia davidsoniae in flower by George’s Hut. Photinia davidsoniae Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ starts pink and then goes blue. Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Hydrangea ‘Hobella’…