…not scarlets which are beginning. Camellias taliensis and oleifera almost over. No Thompsonii x Arboreum out. 1931 – JCW Much as in 1930 C speciosa is better and we have…

…arboreum subsp. delavayi. No other larger leafed rhododendrons are out this early to have allowed the natural cross to have taken place. self-sown Rhododendron grande seedlings self-sown Rhododendron grande seedlings…

…No daffs in the Tin Garden, Irroratum, Moupinense, blood red Arboreum and blood red [?] show flower, Barbatum open and Scabrifolium is very good, also several Primroses are open and…

…40 Acres good and below Engine House. Denudata nearly at its best. Rho lutescens covered as it used to at Greenway. Reds, pink hybrids, Arboreum and single Camellias all at…

…Prunus conradinae ½ open and Prunus salicina is swelling. 1922 – JCW No daffs except cyclamineus, some Arboreum x Sutchuenense open. Wilsons Prunus mume is the best thing in flower….

…identified and the seeds give it away. Again we take a few cuttings for Asia. Camellia xylocarpa Camellia xylocarpa Camellia xylocarpa Camellia xylocarpa Rhododendron albotomentosum (arboreum series looking at its…

…and 20 Arboreum x Thomsonii. Irroratum nice. 1922 – JCW One or two Argenteums just moving in the buds. The pink Kurume holds this year as it did last year,…

…Salicifolia. Several Prunus out. Rho argenteum at its best and Rookery Blood Red Arboreum also many Sutchuenense. Some Lutescens good, also Ririei, Hookeri and others. Even one bit of Augustinii….

…discover a nice clump of three youngish Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi by Georges Hut. Just one flower left. The original plant is on its last legs and will be dead…

…they are poor ones. 1911 – JCW Much as in 1910, Rho arboreum at about their best and so Rho argenteum where they have missed the frost. Mag halleana a…

…of its frosted flowers and is ‘full on’ again. Camellia ‘Jury’s Yellow’ Camellia ‘Jury’s Yellow’ A Rhododendron arboreum uprooted and blown fully 25 yards in the gales onto Bond Street…

…under the leaf suggests a white form of Rhododendron arboreum. Perhaps not quite pure and out a bit early for arboreum perhaps but one hell of an advert for rhododendrons…

…in some cases, also lutescens and so Thomsonii x Arboreum. The Argenteums are bulging their buds well.1917 – JCW The first Nar cyclamineus opens. Moupinense at its best. Lutescens starting….

…damaged flowers on Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi What an overnight gale can do to a camellia in full flower. overnight gale The only time in recent…

…of seed clusters which I collect for Asia to grow. Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Saxegothaea conspicua is doing well. Saxegothaea conspicua As are a row of Rhododendron arboreum but in…

…Aeonium arboreum (?) in flower. Again too many species on view to be certain of the correct name. Aeonium arboreum (?) A newly erected sculpture which overloaded the telehandler. sculpture…

…Camellia cuspidata in the Rookery. All a bit battered. Camellia cuspidata The large dead white Rhododendron arboreum all cleared on Burns Bank. Rhododendron arboreum Euonymus moupinensis (E. echinatus) with attractive…

…Enkianthus serrulatus out before the leaves appear. Yellowish-white. Enkianthus serrulatus An old Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood Red’ which I had completely forgotten by Tin Garden. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood Red’ Prunus matsumae…

…Plantation Isla Rose Plantation Two more good young plants of Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ above the Isla Rose. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ A clump of dead white Rhododendron arboreum due to come…

…Peep’ now nicely out. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ As now is Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum Absolutely gorgeous scent and full out today at 12-15ft tall is Daphne…