…CHW The very first flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ outside the front door. I may have failed to find a camellia in flower in August or July this year but…

…others also in the wild.Here are the highlights and rest are detailed here if you are interested.Lapageria rosea var. albiflora climbing through camellias and up a high wall. To die…

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ on the castle wall. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ 2020 – CHW The investigation into malus continues and continues to reveal my ignorance of this genus.Malus yunnanensis var. veitchii…

…now full out. Camellia sasanqua While the first to flower is now nearly over. Camellia sasanqua Pimelea drupacea flowering away in the Isla Rose Plantation. Pimelea drupacea Lapageria rosea and…

…under the newer leaves. Magnolia guangdongensis Magnolia guangdongensis Nearly ripe seeds on Sorbus rosea which is ready to plant out in the autumn. Sorbus rosea A fine lot of young…

…Orange’ seeds are not yet ripe and much smaller than Hedychium coronarium. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ Lapageria rosea now with a better show of flowers on this very old plant….

…– CHW Still flower buds today (despite all the earlier frost) on Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ From the archives comes this 13th December 1961 account of the beaching…

…on Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’. All the other flowers have now dropped. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ 2019 – CHW A trip up the drive to see what is new. Decidedly colder today…

…down on Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’. Near to dropping. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ The track to the old park now clear of leaves. Old Park Track 2021 – CHW A…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW The first flowers on Lapageria rosea this year. Lapageria rosea A bit worrying…

…2020? Camellia x williamsii ‘Hiraethlyn’ 2018 – CHW What do we find out on Boxing Day? Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ still has three flowers months after flowering began. Lapageria rosea…

…are young plants of Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ A young Schefflera megaphylla with mildewed flowers. Schefflera megaphylla The tiny white flowers on Camellia costei hang downwards and are…

…plants just survive. Echiums Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ now about full out. No frost damage. Surely very late for any Lapageria? I wonder why? Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Frost damage on the…

Back to 3rd November. A very old dark form of Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ with large flowers growing over a wall at the entrance to the house. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea’ Zanthoxylum…

…it does not look to be going to grow too big. A ‘must’ for a smaller garden. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ has…

…veitchiorum Rhododendron veitchiorum White Lapageria flowers still out (Lapageria rosea var. albiflora). Lapageria rosea var. albiflora Clianthus puniceus ‘Maximus’ an exceptional show. Clianthus puniceus ‘Maximus’ Clianthus puniceus ‘Maximus’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’…

…Lagerstroemia ‘Tuskegee’. Lagerstroemia ‘Tuskegee’ Not bad on Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rosea’ either. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rosea’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Berlingot Menthe’ – different again but equally impressive. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Berlingot Menthe’ Liquidambar styraciflua…

…for us a couple of years ago is a splendid red. Grevillea ‘New Blood’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rosea’ just coming out. Superb at this time of the year. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rosea’…

…outside the Smoking Room. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ Likewise Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ or is it ‘Nash Court’? Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ 2019 – CHW A clump of Rhododendron ‘Polar…

…2018 – CHW At the nursery for various meetings on an overcast day.The new Distyllum racemosum ‘Blue Cascade’ has attractive new growth now. Distyllum racemosum ‘Blue Cascade’ Prunus autumnalis ‘Rosea’…