…cryptomeroides Prunus ‘Matsumae-shizuka’ syn. ‘Fragrant Cloud’ not quite at its best as yet. Prunus ‘Matsumae-shizuka’ When Sorbus ullungdoensis arrived from Crûg it was a vast size. We trimmed it back…

…out below Slip Rail. Rather later out than last year. The other larger plants have yet to show. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The main clump…

…x saluenensis ie Cornish Snow Group. Cliff Parks Camellia book and the Register seem to agree on this. Tom. Gary’s response 16th Feb:- George Johnstone’s notes – Camellia cuspidata saga…

…FJW First sharp frost – some snow.1966 – FJW Picked 2 flowers of Mr Garden – no Campbellii – much as ‘61 but no Giganteum. All Hamamellis over – very…

…Donkey Shoe but there will be some flowers still to come out for weeks yet. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ full out. A 1931 planting…

…‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ has shed a fair number of its flowers to the ground already. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Michelia ‘Touch of…

…The hedge of Camellia x williamsii varieties below Tin Garden. Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ and Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ and Camellia reticulata…

…Camellia ‘Cornish Snow – Michael’ is still out and looking great today about 8 weeks after the first flowers featured in this diary. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Stachyurus lancifolius (BSWJ 5690)…

…‘Merrill’? Magnolia x loebneri ‘Snow Drift’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Snow Drift’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Snow Drift’ First flowers out on Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ on the drive. This one has rather stunted…

…next spring. Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Likewise some young Rhododendron burmanicum. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum I peeled the bark off an elderly Betula albosinensis to…

…Camellia ‘Scentuous’ Last flower on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ below Donkey Shoe. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Attractive new growth on Diplopanax stachyanthus (WWJ 12110). Diplopanax stachyanthus (WWJ 12110) The dwarf Rhododendron luteiflorum….

…habit and loads of flower. Parahebe ‘Snow Clouds’ Parahebe ‘Snow Clouds’ Parahebe ‘Snow Clouds’ A view of the nursery entrance. All very modern and tidy! nursery entrance I buy a…

…flower on a young Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Diospyros cathayensis growing…

…Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (Camellia sasanqua x Camellia oleifera) full out. Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia ‘Winters Toughie’ (Camellia sasanqua x Camellia oleifera) more or less full out. Camellia…

…I would say but only this plant is out as it was last year. The other old ones may be a month away still. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…

…– FJW Total eclipse 11.14 am – house martins and seagulls caught out. Also much cloud. Everywhere at their best – 2 young Lithocarpus pachyphyllus have seed. 1951 – CW…

…in offices applying online with every individual’s PAYE records to hand. Could our accounts team work from home? Possibly but in the mad rush to get home cloud connections Richard’s…

…in the spring. new plants to go out in the spring Nearby beside the shop Prunus ‘Shizuka’ (‘Fragrant Cloud’) – one of the new Matsumae cherries – has excellent late…

…for which I could, sadly, find no label. [It is Geranium ‘Cloud Nine’!] geranium geranium Two newer creations at the end of the garden. Not to my taste but so…

…Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Eucryphia lucida is full out above the Auklandii Garden in full sun. Eucryphia milliganii is in bud and Eucryphia ‘Pink Cloud’ out as we saw last week….