27th July

…found this year and that had finished flowering already. Solanum laciniatum (white form) as its absolute best today. Solanum laciniatum (white form) I spy the first flowers out on Hoheria…

1st August

…this spring. An excellent upright growing and bushy form. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Likewise the first flowers actually…

24th April

…‘Blushing Bride’ is one we should propagate more. One pure white flower showing. Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ This is really Azalea yedoense or very close to it but not quite the…

25th June

…says it should have a blacker stem? Agapanthus ‘Graphite White’ Agapanthus ‘Graphite White’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Magical Tinkerbell’. An odd name for a rather indifferent flower! Hydrangea arborescens ‘Magical Tinkerbell’ Hydrangea…

13th January

…I had feared. Embothrium Embothrium Embothrium Michelia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ is still way off flowering too. Michelia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ Osmanthus suavis looking fit but no flower. Osmanthus suavis Viburnum…

3rd April

…Azalea ‘Azuma-kagami’ Azalea ‘Azuma-kagami’ A few pictures of daffodils in clumps in Kennel Close. Others are over but not these: Narcissus ‘White Lion’ Narcissus ‘White Lion’ Narcissus ‘White Lion’ Narcissus…

9th April

…Crimson’ Azalea ‘Hino Crimson’ Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron macabeanum Pieris ‘White Pearl’ Pieris ‘White Pearl’ If you want to see other nice things at the show click here. 2018 – CHW…

20th April

…very few single white flower which are easy to miss. Grown for its spectacular bark rather than its flowers! Prunus serrulata Prunus serrulata Prunus serrulata Schefflera shweliensis (TH 3330) with…

19th May

…Magnolia (Michelia) ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘White Caviar’ Pseudopanax ‘Moas Toes’ romping skywards above Crinodendron Hedge. Tree like! Pseudopanax ‘Moas Toes’ A…

5th June

…conversions at White Stiles are nearing completion. White Stiles White Stiles White Stiles Crataegus dahurica in flower for the first time here. Crataegus dahurica Vallea stipularis flowering away. Vallea stipularis…

21st October

…is now just out. Different foliage, habit and flower shape. white Camellia sasanqua white Camellia sasanqua The final and darker pink sasanqua is also full out. All five are different…

30th December

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Drizzly and mild. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ has 3 flowers out already very…

8th August

…even there, the flowers are hidden in with the leaves. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ 2020 – CHW Rubus phoenicolasius is ripe in parts and the young…

5th March 1897 – 2020

…are indeed a good yellow as they open but quickly fade to pure white. The New Zealand Magnolia ‘Strybing White’ also has greenish-yellow outer tepals but these flop and droop…

30th May

…Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ full out on the drive. Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ Rhododendron (Azalea) kiusianum has very few flowers this year. Rhododendron (Azalea) kiusianum Jaimie has discovered that a (French) partridge has laid…

16th May

…Rhododendron ‘Mi Amor’ at its fantastic best. Rhododendron ‘Mi Amor’ Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ just opening. Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ Rhododendron yakushimanum below Donkey Shoe. Pink in bud opening white. Rhododendron yakushimanum…

18th June

…Elm A late white rhododendron tinged pink in the group grown from Major Howell’s seeds 30 years or so ago. No idea at all of its name/parentage! A late white

15th January 1897- 2020

…of yellow at the tips of the petals as they first open. Magnolia campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ 2018 – CHW The new shop…

7th March

…Williams’, which, oddly, has come out right beside the main trunk. Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ now scenting the Rockery. Outstanding. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ A pure white

18th May

…to find more cut stuff for the last lorry for Chelsea leaving here at 12.00! Azalea ‘White Throat’ too far out – again a disappointment. Azalea ‘White Throat’ Azalea ‘White