…to defoliate entirely this winter. Normally semi-evergreen. Embothrium lanceolatum First flowers high up on a Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ with its peculiar winter colours….

…‘Blood Moon’ planted only in 2016 with eight flowers. Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ Lindera tonkinensis (FMWJ 13123) has retained all its leaves over winter and is…

…Red’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica…

…Kennel Close The dwarf Pinus mugo ‘Winter Gold’ looking fantastic in the sun. dwarf Pinus mugo ‘Winter Gold’ Eucalyptus simmonosii with peeled bark and flower buds. Eucalyptus simmonosii Eucalyptus simmonosii…

…drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ 2021 – CHW I had neglected to look at the old 1897 planted Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ for 10 days…

…and obvious winter die back. It is late into leaf each year and the secondary new growth in the autumn gets scorched in east winds. A bone dry view down…

…planted by HRH Prince Charles during a visit here. Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ now finally leafless. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Photinia macrophylla (HWJ 5614) which I suspect…

…Dianella caerulea ‘Cassa Blue’ A good crop of New Zealand acers have just arrived from their winter and been potted up. New Zealand acers A fine crop of rooted camellia…

…starting to die off. Rainfall has sustained it through the winter. Prunus pilosiuscula In 1991 I planted Sequoia sempervirens and Sequoiadendron giganteum side by side at Bramble Field Corner. No…

…come out, but not later, the flowers are very similar. The reference books do not seem to know Daybreak’s parentage. TILIA cordata ‘Winter Orange’ TILIA cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata…

…‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ The new multi span tunnel is now full of the next crop of herbaceous plants. multi…

…Ghost’ Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ and Camellia reticulata (Garden form). Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ and Camellia reticulata Flowers nearly out on Drimys winteri. Drimys winteri Hedychium still in…

…aff. henryi A nice young plant of Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ with a nearly intact flower. Several of these ‘Winter’s Whatevers’ are very similar! Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ A Polyspora…

…ground – here above Red Linney. first daffodil bulbs Some autumn colour left on Parrotia persica but not much. Parrotia persica Cornus walteri holds its leaves well into winter. Cornus…

…Marvel’ Podocarpus nivalis ‘Kilworth Cream’ in its winter colours. Podocarpus nivalis ‘Kilworth Cream’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ looking great. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Viburnum carlcephalum with decent autumn colour. Viburnum…

…than the nearby Rhododendron nobleanum which is one of the parents in my father’s original cross. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Still some blue or bluish-green flowers on the…

…purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ The herbaceous potting has been going on apace and the beds in the trade area are starting to be tidied up after…

…(‘Dewatairin’) high up. This is a Higo camellia and one of the earliest of these to flower. Camellia ‘Hatsu-Zakura’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ splendid in the sun. Tilia cordata ‘Winter…

…in this week of frost not a ‘record’ which will probably last very long. Rhododendron dauricum ‘Mid-Winter’ in a nursery bed. Rhododendron dauricum ‘Mid-Winter’ Rhododendron dauricum ‘Mid-Winter’ Another interesting historical…

…Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus A good new display of cyclamen and winter pansies to brighten up the front door. cyclamen and winter pansies 2018 – CHW This huge bare root…