…Rhododendron phaeochrysum Rhododendron phaeochrysum The very rare Rhododendron lukiangense. Rhododendron lukiangense Rhododendron lukiangense Rhododendron arboreum ssp. delavayi – very late for this to be out. Rhododendron arboreum ssp. delavayi Rhododendron…

…arboreum. Rhododendron arboreum Another (to me) unknown Drimys. This was labelled Drimys laurifolia x malehide. (Not listed in Hilliers). Drimys laurifolia x malehide Drimys laurifolia x malehide Drimys laurifolia x…

…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…

…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…

…1921, it has been a late year down to ten days ago and then to wet and damp. 1921 – JCW Blood Red Arboreums at their best, Argenteum opening well,…

…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….

…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…

…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….

…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…

…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…

…Arboreum hybrids all good. Many plain Arboreums good. Daffs are on the wane. N recurvas not really out. 1914 – JCW R auklandii has begun to molt in a rough…

…arboreum – a bold red. Oxydendron arboreum Nyssa sylvatica – such a delicate yellow. Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Quercus coccinea – in the tunnel but still a good red. Better…

…white Rhododendron arboreum. Rhododendron arboreum But a rather frosted pink one further on. pink one Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ is no longer early or rose-like. Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’…

…Mrs Butler (griffithianum x arboreum hybrids) weyrichii lindleyi nuttallii grande hanseanum arizelum niveum kuisianum sanguineam pseudochrysanthum suoilenhense crassum macabeanum sinogrande megacalyx neriiflorum yunnanense decorum (pink and white)We didn’t get to…

…Michelia tree The biggest Michelia doltsopa by Donkey Shoe. Michelia doltsopa Michael, Tom and Marie Louise Agius inspect our Aucuba omeiensis. Aucuba omeiensis Then on to Tregothnan. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood…