…in the nursery have finished flowering already in the heat. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ Syringa tomentella subsp. yunnanensis (SBEC 1022). Syringa tomentella…

…high rainfall and get mildew in the nursery but thrive here. Hebe ‘Autumn Glory’ Hebe ‘Autumn Glory’ Myrtus communis subsp tarrentina – just the odd single flower out now. Not…

…13037) with spectacular foliage at Donkey Shoe. Clethra fabri Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor in the main quarry full out. Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor The best of the surviving forms of…

…2023 – CHW Seed heads farming on Sorbus gonggashanica maturing early. Sorbus gonggashanica Acer morrisonense also covered with strings of winged seeds. Acer morrisonense Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’…

…Most S. japonicus and S. formosanus forms nearly over. Styrax wuyuanensis A small flowered form of Rhododendron maddenii below Donkey Shoe just showing. Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor just…

…Enkianthus divaricatus finally out. Enkianthus divaricatus The Caesalpinia in Kennel Close has a fine show again this year. Is it C. gilliesii? Caesalpinia Caesalpinia Syringa reticulata subsp. pekinensis ‘Yellow Fragrance’…

…Hydrangea anomala subsp. anomala on the top wall. Planted in 2015 it is still only about 3-4 feet tall. Hydrangea anomala subsp. anomala I could see the first few flowers…

…subsp. maddenii – Pink Form. Rhododendron maddenii subsp. maddenii Azalea ‘Denny Pratt Hybrid’. Azalea ‘Denny Pratt Hybrid’ Rhododendron ‘Grierpont’. Rhododendron ‘Grierpont’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Clementine Mitford’. Rhododendron ‘Lady Clementine Mitford’ The…

…‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ Rhododendron nuttallii. Rhododendron nuttallii A good cut back of Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla in the Rookery. Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla A young Quercus pinnata vendulosa in the Rookery…

…The Rhododendron maddenii above Orchid House Nursery with its unusually huge flower trusses compared to Rhododendron maddenii subsp. crassum or Rhododendron polyandrum which flower earlier. Well worth Asia taking cuttings…

…Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata. There is white on the inside of the tepals when open. Magnolia ‘Theodora’ Magnolia ‘Felicity’ on ‘Eric Savill’ looks poor, dull and uninteresting. M. ‘Felicity’ is…

…tree Michelia doltsopa below Donkey Shoe is in fact Michelia manipurense which may or may not be a species in its own right or it may be a subspecies of…

…much either way about his new creation.Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ is itself a cross between Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta and Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’. I therefore believe, based on…

…arboreum subsp. delavayi. No other larger leafed rhododendrons are out this early to have allowed the natural cross to have taken place. self-sown Rhododendron grande seedlings self-sown Rhododendron grande seedlings…

…‘Caerhays’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Caerhays’ Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi spotted as being just out today above the Main Quarry. Impossible to photograph as yet. View 23rd January 1897 – 2020…

…that the original Meliosma pungens (Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens) which had once existed at Caerhays has ‘disappeared’. Well it has not actually and, now in more light after tree removal,…

…echiums Swallows in the Gunroom. Swallows Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ has an excellent flower out in Kennel Close and more to come. (M. acuminata subsp. cordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’)….

…to Rhododendron species refers to Rh. decorum ssp. diaprepes and Rhododendron decorum subsp. cordatum so this is even more muddling particularly looking also at the leaf sample pictures. Rhododendron. decorum…

…‘County Park Fire’ has responded to a harsh pruning to get it away from the Rhododendron sanguineum subsp. didymium and Rhododendron russatum. Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Also in the Rockery…

…as a form of the native Ilex aquifolium. We have a plant in the greenhouse which Susyn confirmed is correctly named as is a young plant of Ilex fargesii subsp.…