…space at Chelsea last October with reduced attendances and an extra show day I wonder what the threat or bribe will be now? I cannot see it will be worth…

…wonder if this clump ever had a name? Rather nice. Rhododendron grande Rhododendron grande Rhododendron grande Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ (a Camellia lutchuensis hybrid) planted last year on the main patch…

…surprise first flowering of a third cross of Jaimie’s this year. Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ crossed with Magnolia ‘Lanarth’. Wonderful colour on the first and only flower this year. I think…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW This wonderful Rhododendron parishia (CWJ 6346) – (as it is labelled) is clearly…

…a wonderful afternoon, the blood red scarlets were lovely and 3 big plants of Prunus conradinae in full flower, a remarkable Jan’y afternoon in any year. A good Sutchuenense in…

…growing and improving all the time. I wonder how many gardeners and labellers it all takes? Karol and I took over 1,000 pictures during the day and our ‘this goes…

…Phellodendron amurense var. sachalinense. I wonder if it will reshoot when the mess is finally cleared up? There are two others in Penvergate. The fir tree Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ on the…

…we stop visitors from further afield I wonder? If they paid to park at Porthluney Beach I suppose that would seem a fair deal all round. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis…

…Is ‘Ruth’ that much different from ‘Aurora’ I wonder? Both very nice New Zealanders. Magnolia ‘Ruth’ Magnolia ‘Ruth’ The first windblown and far too pale flowers on the young Magnolia…

…pink Camellia sasanquas single pink Camellia sasanquas Conversely the single white Camellia sasanquas have conventional light green new growth. I wonder why the difference is so marked on these 100…