April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 2)

…single flower. Fairly horrid! I wonder what the Rosemoor judges would have said last weekend? Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron pocophorum which I had never seen before. Rhododendron pocophorum Rhododendron pocophorum Rhododendron

16th February

…the last two years also. Quite a miss! rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids 2016 – CHW Finally a night of some not very severe frost but enough…

23rd February

…macabeanum Rhododendron protistum x Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron protistum x Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron giganteum just coming out beside it. Rhododendron giganteum Rhododendron giganteum Rhododendron giganteum Polyspora speciosa with strong scent (very…

11th March

…and tour today. Rhododendron lutescens and Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi out together by the main quarry. Rhododendron lutescens and Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi Then to Tregrehan and the sight of…

28th June

…replace the elderly plants growing here. Rhododendron arboreum. Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron hyperythrum. Rhododendron hyperythrum Rhododendron tephropeplum. Rhododendron tephropeplum Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum. Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum Rhododendron montroseanum. Rhododendron montroseanum…

12th March

…full out and fading to white. Rhododendron calophytum Rhododendron calophytum Rhododendron moupinense on Burns Bank. A pinkish rather than pure white form. Rhododendron moupinense 2017 – CHW A drab day…

19th March

…first one but not the second. Michelia doltsopa seedlings Michelia doltsopa seedlings A good Rhododendron macabeanum seedling below Rookery Gate Path. Rhododendron macabeanum seedling Rhododendron ciliicalyx just out. Rhododendron ciliicalyx…

11th April

…form grown by Millais nurseries. Rhododendron irroratum ‘Polka Dot’ Rhododendron irroratum ‘Polka Dot’ Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ just coming out. Plastered in flower. Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Rhododendron ‘Countess of…

1st January

…concatenans Rhododendron concatenans Rhododendron concatenans There is nearly always a flower on Rhododendron keysii at any time of the year and today is no exception. Rhododendron keysii Rhododendron keysii First…

18th March

…which was out at the top. Acer sikkimensis Rhododendron davidii – new to me and a delicious pale colour. Rhododendron davidii Rhododendron davidii Rhododendron davidii Rhododendron davidii Camellia ‘Mrs D…