…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…

…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…

…keysii Ilex spinigera with berries forming. A new one to Tom. Ilex spinigera Ilex spinigera A single flower on Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp. xanthocodon Purpurellum Group. Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp. xanthocodon Purpurellum…

…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.…

…that they are all much the same apart, perhaps, from flower size and the timing of the flowering. Our old M. sieboldii subsp. sinensis has much better and larger flowers…

…it will reshoot when the mess is finally cleared up? There are two others in Penvergate. The fir tree Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Cornus florida subsp. urbiniana…

…May’ is a New Zealand cross between M. x soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’ and M. campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’. Its never been as good as this before in 40 Acres. Magnolia…