9th February

…is very pure and an exciting new plant for us for the website. Helleborus ‘Mollys White’ Helleborus ‘Mollys White’ Helleborus ‘Mollys White’ Helleborus ‘Mollys White’ Some nice plants just in…

7th April

…‘Halley’s Comet’. (Also Cotoneaster lancasteri, Philadelphus purpurascens ‘Brown Leaf’ and Picea crassifolia – all from Mr. Locke). Purchases from the show Purchases from the show White and blue Spanish bluebells….

4th May

…‘Fairy White’. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ absolutely splendid today in Old Park. Amazing scent and far away its best performance yet. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia…

9th March

…‘Red Lion’ We have planted lots of different Ron Scamp Cornish bred daffodil varieties along under White Stiles field on the visitor route to Old Park. Here are a couple…

23rd October

…Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ Variations in autumn colour on Rhododendron schlippenbachii. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Rhododendron schlippenbachii Colour coming on Acer palmatum ‘Ozakazuki’. Acer palmatum ‘Ozahazuki’ Evening light…

23rd April

…Not bad for late April! Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ has light pink buds opening pure white as you see…

3rd June

…the berries are exceptional. Viburnum wilsonii Viburnum wilsonii Still a few flowers on Michelia figo ‘White Caviar’. Michelia figo ‘White Caviar’ Melicytis obovatus is now almost a small tree –…

22nd April

…Geranium maderense. I assume that the sun has bleached the pink-purple flowers white or is this G. palmatum? Either way pure white flowers do not fit the bill! Geranium maderense…

15th December

…‘Veitchii’ While Skimmia japonica ‘Kew White’ is nearly in flower alongside. Skimmia japonica ‘Kew White’ Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ with early catkins. Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ A deadish sweet chestnut fell across…

19th June

…the Playhouse bank has (as usual) white and pink forms. I discover that red campion is Silene dioica and white campion is Silene alba. They readily cross with each other…