11th November

…‘Elizabeth’ 2021 – CHW Rhododendron schlippenbachii in the November sun. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Euonymus elatus nearing its best. Euonymus elatus Leaf fall under Kalopanax septemlobus. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus…

27th October

…x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yelllow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yelllow’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ (in October!) Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia vernalis ‘Yuletide’…

25th March

…groups of scented ones and a dozen or so large growing species from Rookery Nursery. Camellia x williamsii ‘Delia Williams’ along from the front door. Camellia x williamsii ‘Delia Williams’…

10th May

…shown. R.GRIFFITHIANUM x glendoick em velvet cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x purple splendour cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x JC Williams cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x arboreum sub delavayii cross R.GRIFFITHIANUM x cetewayo cross 2016 – CHW…

2nd January

…to look in the last fortnight. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ is easily identifiable by the shape and droopiness of…

6th May

…highly scented conservatory plant. unnamed unnamed Wild Ajuga growing in meadowland. Ajuga Ajuga Ilex castaneifolia in flower – once from Burncoose I think. Ilex castaneifolia Ilex castaneifolia A newly installed…

11th June

…shoot from the base. A Styrax habit. The bark is interesting too. Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida A first bud on the tender Magnolia tamaulipana. We have…

15th January

…are long and tubular. Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ The fruits on what Tom Hudson identified as Malus rockii (he…

25th July

…in secondary flowers. Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ Another scented Rhododendron dies. The rain came too late. Another scented Rhododendron dies Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ putting on a good show. Hydrangea sargentiana…

18th July

…and as much across. Just as floriferous as Styrax japonicus and rather more so than Styrax hemsleyanus or Styrax wilsonii who hide their flowers in the foliage. Styrax serrulatus Styrax…