Rhododendron Loderi in Flower

 Rhododendron Loderi King George in full flower looking magnificent and smelling wonderful too.

Some yellow Rhododendrons in flower at High Beeches

Rh. Hawk

 Just a taste of some of the stunning yellow Rhododendrons in flower at High Beeches at the moment.  It is an especially good year for them.

The garden is looking particularly beautiful now.  The primroses are still in flower amongst the bluebells and the camellias are late to flower and so have not been damaged by frost.
The Loderi Rhodendrons are filling the garden with their sweet scent along with Rhododendron johnstoneanum.


Rhododendron Hotei
One of the best yellows



Rh campylocarpum

Rh wightii

A great place to see Rhododendrons

Rhododendron Matador

'Rhodos rule' an article by Robin Lane Fox, in the Financial Times on Saturday 11th May, extolling the virtues of the Rhododendron.   He advocates visiting some well known Rhododendron gardens to see the Rhodos in their full glory.
Many of the Rhodos he mentions can also be seen here at High Beeches Garden including many of those bearing the Loder name.

High Beeches is the original Loder Garden.  The Loder Family bought High Beeches in the 1860's and continued to garden here until l968 when the Boscawens bought the garden and it is now managed by High Beeches Gardens Conservation Trust.

Three beauties. Rhododendron hybrids Moonstone, Elsae and Elizabeth

Rhododendrons on Forrest's Bank
Amongst them are Rhodo russatum and Rhodo campylogynum

These are just some of the stunning Rhodos to be seen at High Beeches.

Camellias and Magnolias

Camellia williamsii Donation
perhaps the most beautiful camellia raised this century

Two camellias and two magnolias looking their best in the Garden at the moment.

There is so much to see - the garden changes everyday.

It is an extraordinary year for primroses and cowslips.  There are literary carpets of primroses and there have never been so many cowslips in the meadow.  It promises to be a superb year for the native wildflowers and the bluebells will be in full flower next week.

Camellia reticulata



Magnolia Alexandrina 

There are more Rhododenrons out every day;
Rh. niveum, Rh. sino grande, Rh. thomsonii,
Rh. Jenny, Rh. fargesii, Rh. morii, Rh. calophytum, Rh. reticulatum, Rh. Queen Wilhemina,  Rh.caloxanthum, Rh. uvarifolium,
Rh Barclay Fox to name just a few.






The later flowering magnolias have survived the frost and are looking glorious.  In addition to these two Magnolia stellata, Magnolia kobus, Magnolia lennei, Magnolia Star Wars and Magnolia veitchii are in full flower.

Magnolia Leonard Messel