…A new Camellia sasanqua ‘Showa no sakae’ in flower above the Auklandii Garden. Very serrated leaves and a good scent. This came from Stervinou nurseries in France a couple of…

…in bud – Hydrangea serratifolia x peruviana. I took Michelia doltsopa, M. doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’, M. ‘Mixed up Miss’, M. ‘Touch of Pink’, M. maudiae, M. foveolata and (from Burncooose)…

…kingiana Ilex kingiana A 1991 Ilex lalifolia (I think) ex Windsor with plenty of green berries below Slip Rail. The large serrated leaves are similar, as are the berries, to…

…climber to offer on the Burncoose website. Rather serrated leaves! Lardizabala biternata Lardizabala biternata 2016 – CHW Camellia sinensis is out in the greenhouse as a small plant bought from…

…a suitable location. Quite a contrast between the large older leaves and the smaller young ones with clear serrations on the edges. What does it ‘do’? Not in Hillier’s or…

…magnolia, after the wife of Sir Harold Hillier). Camellia x reticulata ‘Ethel Hillier’ Camellia x reticulata ‘Christopher Petherick’ (c. reticulata ‘Royalty’ as one parent). Very serrated leaf edges. Camellia x…

…books or in Koen Camelbeke’s excellent pictorial key dated October 2014. Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu I have yet to find our plants of Stewartia serrata, Stewartia…

…flower heads look much more like Pomaderris kumeraho in both shape and colour. Then I realise that P. kumeraho has no serrations on its leaves but our two plants do….

…leaves with serrations and a broad bushy spreading habit. It has loads of flower clusters or trusses but the flowers are tiny and come out, then drop very quickly so…