…FJW Two flower buds on Rho’ giganteum opening. Sutch hybrids good and Red Admiral on its way. Cyclamineus at front door showing colour. 1932 – JCW Hard frost for three…

…Magnolia ‘Ians Red’, one of Ian Baldick’s New Zealand hybrids, has a few flowers blown open at least two and a half months early. A dark colour though. Magnolia ‘Ians…

…weeks and is the best thing. Some Broughtonii hybrids hold on, Standish hybrids good. Some Yunnanense x Roylei are opening. R augustinii well over. Azaleas and Mrs Butlers in the…

…name? my father’s azalea hybrids my father’s azalea hybrids 2016 – CHW An early morning tour of the garden with Ian Baldick and Raf (the young Dutch nurseryman who will…

…my father’s elliotii hybrids – very dark and late into flower. elliotii hybrids elliotii hybrids Pittosporum adaphniphylloides has made exceptional new growth. Pittosporum adaphniphylloides Pittosporum adaphniphylloides Still plenty of flowers…

…flower for the first time this week. 1915 – JCW Bob came in from France for two days. Frost last night hit the Thomsoni hybrids hard, Mrs Butler hybrids just…

…Spoelberg in crossing ‘Black Tulip’ and ‘Pickards Ruby’ with Caerhays bred hybrids (JCW, FJW) and the New Zealanders is producing a wonderful new crop of magnolias with smallish but very…

…hybrids but has been superseded by better and is ignored a bit today. Another one to layer for the future. Rhododendron ‘Damaris’ Rhododendron ‘Damaris’ Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ with its…

…Rhododendron vanoyseyi Rhododendron vanoyseyi Azalea viscosum hybrids – these 30 to 40 year old plants on the drive appear identical to some viscosum hybrids seen in the Wisley garden centre…

…hybrids now flowering away here today. This one is an excellent plant for a smaller garden. Ours was planted in 2007 and is now about 6ft tall with a similar…