…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…

…above Orchid House Nursery. maddenia rhododendron with huge white flowers maddenia rhododendron with huge white flowers Echinops battanicus has survived in this border for at least 50 years. Echinops battanicus…

…female flowers while the reference books say they should be white. Slightly different leaves on this one as well. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis Olearia nummularifolia with far less flower than…

…after shedding its older bark further up the tree. Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ Keteleeria davidiana (ex. Roundabarrow) with secondary…

…integrifolia ‘Variegata’ looks particularly fine today. Wonderful colour combinations in the leaf. Azara integrifolia ‘Variegata’ Azara integrifolia ‘Variegata’ Cornus officinalis is full out and very attractive today. Rather similar to…

…Another full bud on Magnolia ‘’Todd’s Fortyniner’. Magnolia ‘’Todd’s Fortyniner’ Camellia reticulata ‘White Form’ suddenly out. Not completely white! Camellia reticulata ‘White Form’ Camellia reticulata ‘White Form’ First flowers out…

…usual. Billy Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ is finally out in full with a blue sky behind it. The ‘dog shit on stalks’ has largely blown away. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’…

…good show on Camellia ‘White Nun’ in a Kennel Close windbreak. Gigantic stamens. Camellia ‘White Nun’ Camellia ‘White Nun’ Camellia saluenensis and Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’. Camellia saluenensis and…

…CW Sent off to Munroes both white heath and Darleyense and some hundreds of single Camellias. J.C.W out also double white and a few other doubles out. Rho mucronulatum, Yellow…

…spines and wonderful yellowish-white edges. Ilex aquifolium ‘Golden van Tol’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Golden van Tol’ 2017 – CHW Gaultheria procumbens still with good clusters of red berries. Gaultheria procumbens Skimmia…

…‘Rainbow’ ‘Rainbow’ ‘Rainbow’ ‘Paradise Helen’ ‘Paradise Helen’ ‘Paradise Helen’ ‘Paradise Blush’ ‘Paradise Blush’ ‘Paradise Blush’ ‘Shishigashira’ ‘Shishigashira’ ‘Shishigashira’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Trewithen White’ (ex Trewithen) ‘Trewithen White’ ‘Trewithen White’ ‘Trewithen…

…overpowering. A wonderful crop of flowers despite the dry summer. sweet peas Leslie’s begonias. Leslie’s begonias Leslie’s begonias Buddleia ‘White Profusion’ behind Dicksonia antarctica – a good combination. Buddleia ‘White…

…by Wisteria sinensis Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ with, as usual, exceptional secondary new growth which is pink and white becoming mottled green and white. Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Ballet Queen Variegated’ The white form of Rhododendron moupinense on the drive. Not a patch on the red form we saw yesterday which Jaimie plans to cross…

…in colour from others photographed recently in the diary. Rhododendron davidsonianum A pure white flowering sport on Azalea ‘Greenway’ which we have propagated from and recently planted three “white” Greenway…

…yunnanense The campion on the Playhouse bank has (as usual) white and pink forms. I discover that red campion is Silene dioica and white campion is Silene alba. They readily…

…‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Camellia ‘Leonard Messel’ full out. Look how variable the flowers are in size and frills! This is a Camellia reticulata x Camellia x williamsii cross…

…flower Geranium maderense. I assume that the sun has bleached the pink-purple flowers white or is this G. palmatum? Either way pure white flowers do not fit the bill! Geranium…

…very late flowering white magnolia on Bond Street below the 4-in-Hand. It is so vigorous and so late that I think it must be the white form of Magnolia x…

…trashed by squirrels. Rehderodendron macrocarpum Magnolia ‘Sunburst’. Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ just coming out. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ The white sport of Azalea ‘Greenway’ – a good…