…performing better and better. Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ is excellent too but, as yet, unnamed. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Magnolia…

…– CHW Last few flowers on Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’. Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Ripe seeds on a young Magnolia wilsonii up from the two Magnolia…

…the seven varieties were out. Camellia “Winter’s Charm” – only just out and the large seed pods seen earlier have dropped. Camellia “Winter’s Charm” Camellia “Winter’s Toughie” – a large…

…Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ finally comes out much later than usual. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ and Camellia ‘Winton’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ and Camellia ‘Winton’ A close up of Rhododendron…

…out and undamaged. How appropriate! Enca carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Enca carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Edgewrthia chrysantha just coming out and undamaged. Edgewrthia chrysantha The leaves on Pseudowintera colorata have enjoyed the…

…‘Ruby Glow’ just out. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ First flower on Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ And also, very high up as last year, the first…

…‘Ruby Hart’ – a wonderful dark red. Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ A nice dark form of Rhododendron reticulatum. Very different from the old plant in the Rockery. A very variable species…

…eight to nine feet tall bush. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Interlude’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Charm’ is another delicate pink but only one flower again as yet. Unlike…

…colour. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest Pink’ has a few flowers out and so does Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ which is especially dark this year. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ Rhododendron…

…peeled off on the wind on another Betula ‘China Ruby’. Betula ‘China Ruby’ Big leafs struggling into new growth in the dry conditions but we have had a few drizzly…