Prunus ‘Shosar’

Fatsia japonica ‘Spiders Web’ growing into maturity

Mahonia oiwakensis ssp lomariifolia var tenuifolia with fruits in the Temperate House

Mahonia gracilipes (Roy Lancaster collection) as a mature plant but again inside

Mahonia nepaulensis – odd foliage

Bergenia emeiensis

Deutzia multiradiata (still inside) with huge flower heads

Camellia ‘Dr Clifford Parks’

Mahonia duclouxiana in full flower

Araucaria bidwillii with very dense foliage but still indoors

Now outside the glasshouse again Magnolia ‘Columbus’ (parentage unknown and needs looking up)

A very red Camellia ‘Konron-Koku’

Rhododendron ‘Rose Elf’ (racemosum x pemakoense) was very fine

Jaimie now spied a green parrot eating the pollen or nectar in a Camellia x williamsii

Rhododendron oreodoxa var fargesii ‘Barto Rose’

Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo’

Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ stood out among the hellebores and, unlike others, was totally undamaged. One to get into our catalogue.

Trillium chloropetalum is not one we stock but we ought to

This enormous wisteria was photographed last year. Here are a few more pruning photos for Julie to enhance my wisteria pruning care article.

Lomatia hirsuta from Chile and Argentina had survived the cold against a wall facing west

Rhododendron ‘Psyche’

Camellia ‘E T R Carlyon’

A gigantic multi-stemmed Stachyurus praecox

Rhododendron ‘Minaura’ (minus x dauricum) an extraordinary colour on a dull day

Ruscus hypophyllus – totally unknown to me but another must get plant!

Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ (sutchuanense x thompsonii)

Wonderful peeling park on this young Stewartia sinensis planted in 2008. Useful for my forthcoming stewartia article.

Viburnum awabuki is one we have recently planted out. Here a huge evergreen shrub.

A gigantic multi-stemmed Corylopsis glabrescens

This was not quite Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ but the pheasant did not mind

Abies forrestii would be perfect as a vigorous replacement for the abies which blew down recently at Donkey Shoe

A very fine Rhododendron arboreum var roseum

A field of daffodils

Magnolia sprengeri var sprengeri ‘Eric Savill’ not at its best but with a few flowers left

Camellia x williamsii ‘Philippa Forwood’

Amazing bark on Halesia carolina

Populus purdomii with red flowers – a must-get plant too

Aucuba himalaica var dolichophylla collected by Roy Lancaster and growing with us by the Playhouse. Flowers and seed setting.

Bark on Halesia monticola

Rhododendron dendrocharis like ours in the Rockery

Betula utilis var prattii ‘Wakehurst Chocolate’ – extremely fine peeling bark

Prunus incisa ‘Beniomi’ was superb from a distance and close up. Another to get for Caerhays.

Stewartia pseudocamellia bark splitting again for my article

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