10th June

…the flowers are either white or pink but the pinker ones fade to red. About 5-6ft tall after 10 years and an outstanding small shrub. Weigelia coraeensis Weigelia coraeensis Weigelia…

7th May

…Garden. Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink’ Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink’ Here is the more normal colour for comparison. normal colour for comparison The second and proper spring flowering of Paulownia tomentosa…

22nd April

…they are not flowering that well this year and the recent rains has bashed the flowers. A newly planted Magnolia ‘Rominas Pink’. Magnolia ‘Rominas Pink’ Amelanchier laevis ‘R.J. Hilton’. Amelanchier…

25th March

…first of the Matsumae cherries is full out. This is Prunus ‘Matsumae-hanaguruma’. Bumble bees buzzing about the copious flowers. Pink buds opening as double flowers with pinkish edges then fading…

9th April

Pink’ nearly full out although the ‘touch’ at the tip of the tepals is hard to see here. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Ucodendron whartonii with its witch hazel flowers for,…

7th April

…holocarpa ‘Innocence’ now fully out below the main fernery. The darker pink form was well over before this light pink form came out. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Storm Kathleen is the…

15th May

…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’….

29th July

…lists 28. Agapanthus ‘Midnight Star’ Rehmannia ‘Walberton Magic Dragon’ grows to about 3-3½ft. Rehmannia ‘Walberton Magic Dragon’ Campanula ‘Pink Octopus’ has the merit of being rather different. Campanula ‘Pink Octopus’…

18th November

…shedding many flowers in this exceptionally early flowering autumn. Camellia ‘November Pink’ Camellia ‘November Pink’ Camellia ‘November Pink’ Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’, planted in 2017, putting on a fair show…

16th November

…together. Tilia kiusiana and Liriodendron chinense Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ turns from green to brown. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ and the contrasting Liriodendron chinense. Magnolia obovata…

9th November

…‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ just opening. Only these two showing in the Beatrice Fleur Plantation out of nearly 40 different varieties. ‘Versicolor’ much the same…

8th November

…‘Winter’s Joy’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Glow’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’….

25th October

…williamsii ‘November Pink’ in the Main Quarry. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ We saw a male plant of Ilex cornuta in flower a week or…

26th September

…Kniphofia rooperi Lobelia ‘Compton Pink’ was still looking splendid in the cash point. Lobelia ‘Compton Pink’ Lobelia ‘Compton Pink’ Colutea arborescens nearly over. Colutea arborescens Calliandra surinamensis with its first…

8th August

…good beside C. tomentosa and is a good border shrub. Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ Clethra kaipoensis flowering for the first time here. An upright tall growing…

29th June

…halo so far but rather earlier to produce flowers than other forms of M. virginiana. Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ 2022 – CHW The Royal Isle of…

30th June

…from France. Watsonia arderneri Watsonia arderneri Even more lovely is the delicate pink Watsonia ‘Tresco dwarf pink’. Not dwarf at all in habit but the flowers are perhaps small by…

7th June

…of Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ The first flowers on Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ just emerging. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ First flowers just…

6th June

…River’ is finally out but I have missed the gentle pink hue it first is. Paeonia ‘Moon River’ Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ is a dwarfish pink with a good purple flower….

17th May

…morning.Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’ is battered to bits and quite useless. Just a few flowers left with the colour faded. Faded Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’ Faded Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’…