8th September

…full flower. Aralia elata Aralia elata Zenobia with ripening seeds. Zenobia Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ – in flower. An attractive combination with the leaves. Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Pseudopanax…

10th April

…sericea have died in the last year. Wonderful, but hardly silvery, new growth here. The silver is on the undersides of the leaves as on all N. sericea but especially…

8th November

…sasanqua ‘Survivor’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Silver Dollar’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Silver Dollar’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Silver Dollar’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Joy’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Bettie Patricia’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Bettie Patricia’…

27th December

…to the sasanqua collection. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hiryu’ Camellia japonica ‘Silver Anniversary’ full out and with some petal blight already below the two Magnolia x veitchii. Camellia japonica ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia…

28th March

…camphora grows nearby whose leaves smell as you would expect when crushed. Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Rhododendron pseudochyrsanthemum is just out below Donkey Shoe. The leaf…

13th July

…garden. blue garden Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ covered in seed which I have never yet seen on the Burncoose plant and an exceptional ‘snake-bark’ stem. Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver

31st December

‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ I had been expecting Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’ to show any day but nothing yet on the old plants on the Main Ride. Here a youngster is…

5th May

…A ste Acer kawakamii Cotoneaster silverstrii flowering well below White Styles. One of the first to show flowers in our newish collection of c.30 species. Cotoneaster silverstrii Cotoneaster silverstrii Rhododendron…

8th February

…protection from easterly gales over time. Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Another couple of plants of pink form ‘Bo-Peep’ in the Auklandii Garden are just as good as the…

14th September

…light mauve with not all the flowers coming out at once to give a foxtail appearance. Calluna vulgaris ‘Silver Fox’ Calluna vulgaris ‘Silver Fox’ We have over 200 new catalogue…