…‘Valentine Day’ Camellia reticulata ‘Valentine Day’ A gorgeous flower on another Magnolia campbellii alba seedling in the evening light. Magnolia campbellii alba seedling 2020 – CHW So we rattle around…

…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…

…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…

…it in this weather. Liatris scariosa ‘Alba’ Liatris scariosa ‘Alba’ Helenium ‘Potters Wheel’ grows to 2ft in a pot and is not as gaudy as some. Quite a nice colour…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…‘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…

…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…

…his way out of that one?Crinodendron hookerianum in bud already – three week early. Crinodendron hookerianum Meliosma alba flowers nearly over. Meliosma alba Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Moonspire’ with the usual…

…full out. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ First flowers opening on Magnolia ‘Atlas’. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Rhododendron gingongshanicum (AC 5108) is extraordinarily rare. Here it is making a fine plant. Rhododendron gingongshanicum…

…I did plant a clutch of soulangeana varieties here but only two varieties seem to have made it. Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ 2015 – CHW A…

…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…