…Musa basjoo Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ really is striking. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ A few flowers on a batch of young Chitalpa tashkentensis ‘Pink Dawn’. Catalpa duclouxii Fruits already on…

…bodnantense ‘Dawn’ and very pretty too. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ One of the great finds of the way was Drimys andina which grew as a small shrub at Burncoose below…

…itself. Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ 2017 – CHW Off to Busy Bees fairly awful garden centre in the rain. Crammed with coach loads. Verbena rigida…

…pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ – starts as a pink lacecap and fades to green and white. Tall growing. Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ – white…

…The Pink form of RHODODENDRON edgeworthii A few newer rhododendrons catch the eye: The pink form of Rhododendron edgeworthii is a stunner. Rather better than our own ‘BertsOwn’ a similar…

…Ice’) – only just out Prunus ‘Horinji’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ Prunus ‘Tai-Haku’ – nearly over Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Matsumae-Beni-Yutaka’ Prunus ‘Hokusai’ Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’) Prunus ‘Ukon’ (‘Pink Champagne’) Prunus ‘Ukon’…

…Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ which is a much larger and pinker flower than ‘Pink Showers’ seen yesterday. Dark leaves too of course. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ Stewartia x henryae with…

…flower. Starting to become a large spreading shrub. Euonymus morrisonensis A newly planted Viburnum wrightii in flower. Viburnum wrightii Rhododendron ‘Royal Finis Pink’ – 2017 planted. Rhododendron ‘Royal Finis Pink’…

…Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ (Magnolia ‘Galaxy’ x Magnolia ‘Toro’) flowering properly for the first time. Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia…

…to get the pictures better. Total failure I fear. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ The seed heads are forming on Symplocus paniculata. These…