18th April

…Amelanchier lamarckii Amelanchier lamarckii Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ (one of the stellata/liliiflora ‘girls’) on Hovel Cart Road just above the Enkianthus. Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Amelanchier interior does not have bronzy new…

10th March

…pictures of Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ just out. An Ian Baldick introduction from New Zealand previously called ‘Ian’s Giant…

11th February

…now need potting on. Boxes of liner sized plants Boxes of liner sized plants A lot of Schefflera taiwaniana liners in the delivery. Schefflera taiwaniana Camellia ‘Pink Clouds’ in the…

2nd November

…is dying. We need to cut out the damaged leader to prevent the infection travelling downwards. Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ First flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’. Camellia…

6th March 1897 – 2020

…windblown flower on Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’. Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Magnolia denudate ‘Forrest Pink’ is showing colour but still far from out. Magnolia denudate ‘Forrest Pink’ Magnolia denudate ‘Forrest Pink’ Magnolia…

4th February 1897 – 2020

…williamsii ‘Philippa Forwood’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Philippa Forwood’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ is hidden away in the same place; flowers are really quite elongated and a very dark pink….

31st January 1897 – 2020

…a variable semi double flower with pink buds and attractive pink edging to the petals. There are two plants just above the Hovel and this is very well worth propagating…

19th November

…An odd effect. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Liriodendron chinense just turning but much blown away here too unlike the show it was last year. Liriodendron chinense…

19th April

…on the drive. Prunus ‘Tai-Haku’ The very last flower on Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’ This grows in the granite trough outside the Estate Office. Perhaps a…

21st July

…know, said that they have had a terrible spring and early summer with turnover well down. Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ a good thing. Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’ Lonicera ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ and Lonicera…

22nd May

…seen. Early Pink Orchid Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ had fallen over and been cut back and restaked. It is flowering profusely and the buds are pink, opening pinkish before fading…

12th May

…red. evergreen azalea clump evergreen azalea clump As far as I can pin this old clump to a name it is Azalea ‘Pink Delight’. Azalea ‘Pink Delight’ Azalea ‘Pink Delight’…

28th February

…‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ We have given up on the Aucuba as a windbreak at Higher Quarry Nursery as the deer have again nibbled off every leaf. A…

15th June

…but now sizeable and mature Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ hidden away in the back of the drive. Not quite as pink in bud or when first out as the one…

17th December

…A new French camellia very similar to Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ but labelled Camellia sasanqua ‘Pink ?’ is out. More pink blotches than ‘Narumigata’ perhaps. Camellia sasanqua ‘Pink ?’ Camellia sasanqua…

5th November

…franchetti. Cotoneaster franchetti Cotoneaster franchetti 2016 – CHW The darker pink original Camellia sasanqua is now full out. darker pink original Camellia sasanqua darker pink original Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua…

17th November

Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Dazzler’ – excellent ‘Dazzler’ ‘Dazzler’ ‘Dazzler’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ – another Loder one ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson King’…

25th November

…for the first time in flower here. Camellia sasanqua ‘Survivor’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Pink Goddess’ is newly planted and a good large flower. Camellia sasanqua ‘Pink Goddess’ Prunus ‘Beni-yutaka’ is the…

29th November

…udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Another Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink’ with secondary flowers. Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink’ Lithocarpus quercifolius from Hong Kong with good secondary growth. Lithocarpus quercifolius Quercus engelmannii growing away…

9th December

…down on Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’. Near to dropping. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ The track to the old park now clear of leaves. Old Park Track 2021 – CHW A…