25th March

…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’…

17th March

…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…

11th March

…Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Rhododendron cilpinense…

31st July

…we have online but I doubt it in this weather. Liatris scariosa ‘Alba’ Liatris scariosa ‘Alba’ Helenium ‘Potters Wheel’ grows to 2ft in a pot and is not as gaudy…

10th January

…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…

24th October

…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…

8th October

‘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…

23rd December

…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…

4th February 1897 – 2020

…good pruning or, rather, a good thin out back to younger shoots without the old dead wood. Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ 2016 – CHW The true…

20th January

…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…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…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…

29th January 1897 – 2020

…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…

12th February 1897 – 2020

…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…

24th March 1897 – 2020

…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…

9th October

…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…

14th November

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba Plena’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba Plena’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba Plena’ First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘St Michael’. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Michael’ The kalmias look as good…

22nd August

…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…

29th March

…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…

7th July

‘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…

1st February

…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…