…this at Chelsea in late May. Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ just coming out nearby. A good double. Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Rhododendron moupinense full…

…terms of affluence. Its £53.40 per night for an excellent double room with bath and shower and air conditioning in including breakfast (€12.96). Two nights stay for both of us…

…a flaking trunk. Pinus wallichiana A double flowered orange Hemerocallis in the frames which is incorrectly labelled. Hemerocallis Machilus yunnanensis with its reddish new growth. Machilus yunnanensis Asia’s plant of…

…Burncoose. This is the attractive golden form. Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera’ Hibiscus ‘Blue Chiffon’ – a good double blue. Hibiscus ‘Blue Chiffon’ Then to the nearby Dalverton garden centre established much…

…2 Magnolia veitchii. It may now be dead but there is a big and seemingly flowerless plant half way along Bond Street. One has to say that the double flower…

…Sassafras tzumu The double flowered Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ has lasted in flowers for weeks and weeks this year. Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Eriobotrya deflexa and Embothrium lanceolatum in…

…the garden opening on Sunday. I am always amazed that this double trunked Cryptomeria japonica stays upright in an east wind. Plenty of twig debris on the ground. Cryptomeria japonica…

…mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ Some other buds still have their double bud covers intact while others do not. Suddenly the Narcissus cyclamineus are out on the top bank. Some other buds Some…

…ancient tractor Helleborus argutifolius just opening. Helleborus argutifolius Double flowered snowdrops (few singles) carpet literally acres of the woodland. Double flowered snowdrops More new spaces for planting flowering trees for…

…Ingram’ Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ not yet open but with many flowers. A large tree now at Burncoose and called denudata ‘Dubbel’ originally I believe. Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ A…

…doltsopa and floribunda at their best. Magnolias dawsoniana and mollicomata as well. Diva and Robusta good also white Campbellii – also young Robusta very good. Double Camellias and some Reticulatas…

…is open. Daffs seem to have passed 1924. 1925 – JCW Just as in 1924 only the double sloe has less flower. Blood red Auklandii very fair and the whites…

…Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star Magnolia ‘Peachy’. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Limelight’ (the spare one). Magnolia ‘Limelight’ And our rhododendron entries:- Rhododendron arizelum. Rhododendron arizelum Rhododendron hodgsonii. Rhododendron hodgsonii…

…named double flowering x loebneri varieties. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Mag’s Pirouette’ Rhododendron ‘Elsie Frye’ is the first of the smellies to be fully out. Rhododendron ‘Elsie Frye’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Diamond’…

…serrata with an even more trailing habit than ours. A wall of trailing green. Laurelia serrata Kerrya japonica ‘Pleniflora’ (‘Flore Pleno’), the double flowered form which we used to stock…

…seen).Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ now full out by Georges Hut. A popular double flowered plant which we need to propagate. Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ just showing now all…

…‘Macrantha Pink’ Azalea indica ‘Macrantha Pink’ Azalea indica ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ (Azalea rosiflora) (Rhododendron indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum) is nearly over but its double salmon pink/red flowers are superb. Does not propagate easily. Azalea…

…This is a Camellia lutchuensis hybrid still with a few small double pink scented flowers and gorgeous bronzy-red new growth. Camellia lutchuensis hybrid Camellia lutchuensis hybrid Camellia lutchuensis hybrid A…

…later today.This is another elderly late flowering red evergreen azalea clump below The Hovel. Some flowers are semi-double. No idea of the name but worth propagating simply to preserve it….

…do not easily see the double hairs he refers to even with a magnifying glass. underside of the leaves To which Allen replies: Yes, these hairs are not always easy…