…effort. Stewartia pseudocamellia 2017 – CHW Good yellow colouring on Halesia carolina above the Auklandii Garden. Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Also on Cornus ‘Eddies White Wonder’ nearby. Cornus ‘Eddies White…

…kaki Diospyros kaki Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ below White Styles. Only planted in 2021 but already making an impact. Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ is extremely well budded for…

…No. 1 No. 1 No. 2 is only just full out – larger single white flowers a few of which have an occasional pink flash on the outside of the…

…flower on a young Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Diospyros cathayensis growing…

…shape of the flowers is more ‘Ethel Hillier’ or ‘Strybing White’. More stunted and less drooping than the true ‘Alba’ and with no pointed pyramidical centre to the flower as…

…could grow this outside in Northern Ireland? Metrosideros excelsa Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ isn’t completely white. Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ The best clump of Rhododendron arizelum that I have ever seen. Rhododendron…

…show well. Philip did a 1st class job. 1931 – JCW The Stewartianums came out well in whites, creamy whites, creamy whites and pink kind and one or two of…

…the white forms of sasanqua. white forms of sasanqua 2022 – CHW After heavy rain for 16 hours another planting day with the ground rather wetter.Berries on Vaccinium retusum as…

…are indeed a good yellow as they open but quickly fade to pure white. The New Zealand Magnolia ‘Strybing White’ also has greenish-yellow outer tepals but these flop and droop…

…under the leaf suggests a white form of Rhododendron arboreum. Perhaps not quite pure and out a bit early for arboreum perhaps but one hell of an advert for rhododendrons…

…a flower. This is Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Amabilis’ x Magnolia ‘Mark Jury’. Planted 2015. Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ – nice white…

…of our early poets (red and white). Prunus conradinae is over. Subhirtella not yet open. 1917 – JCW Not a yellow bud in the Tin Garden, the first Caerhays opened…

…mexicanum in full flower Illicium mexicanum Illicium mexicanum Rhododendron prostitum seedlings. Pink at first fading to near white. Rhododendron prostitum Rhododendron prostitum Rhododendron rireii – the best form I have…

…azalea Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ just coming out. Some light pink in the bud opening white. Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ The view from the drive over to Giddle Orchard and…

…alba ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ Meanwhile the rather pale campbellii near Tin Garden has seen a couple of its flowers begin to open. campbellii campbellii We…

…JCW Nothing of the above except an odd white crocus. 1897 – JCW Prunus pissardi opens, N maximus, Golden Spur, Cernuus, several trumpets at Tregony, white crocus here, nanus seedlings….

…Belle’ Rhododendron siderophyllum (pure white form) nicely out nearby. Rhododendron siderophyllum Rhododendron siderophyllum On the plans this is a home raised FJW rhododendron. It looks today a Rhododendron sutchuanense seedling…

…today despite even more frequent heavy showers. Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica…

…cash point. This variety is a sport of ‘Betty Sheffield’ which is pure white! ‘Betty Sheffield Supreme’ has red frills so we appear to have propagated a branch that has…

…White’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ First flower on Rhododendron moupinense on the drive which is all looking very neat and tidy. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron irroratum is late out. I think…