5th March

…very decent young Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’. Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ has performed well for many years M. x soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’ x M. ‘Lanarth’. Magnolia…

28th October

…outside.Oxydendron arboreum – a bold red. Oxydendron arboreum Nyssa sylvatica – such a delicate yellow. Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Quercus coccinea – in the tunnel but still a good red….

27th February

…Road. Is this now officially called M. ‘Anne Leitner’, or is it called ‘A. E. Bold’, or is this another unnamed seedling from the same cross? No way of knowing…

29th March

…leaf. Tilia endochrysea Magnolia ‘A E Bold’ (Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘JC Williams’) with its first flower. We have other plants, but the colour of the bud is superb….

7th November

…2018 – CHW Picea brachystyla has bold silvery undersides to its needles. I had not picked up on this before. Compact habit. One of the conifers from our ‘endangered in…

24th July

…after all the others have finished flowering a young Rhododendron stamineum is full out with especially bold yellow centres to the white flowers. Rhododendron stamineum Rhododendron stamineum 2018 – CHW…

10th January

…Rhododendron arboreum ssp. cinnamomeum The original Stewartia pteropetiolata remains a bold evergreen. Stewartia pteropetiolata Deer damage (horns) to a young oak tree. It will recover with scarring. The roe have…

22nd July

…of Myrsine. Myrsine divaricata Our third species of Melicytus – Melicytus dentatus with very bold leaflets on its new growth. Quite different in leaf to the other 2 species nearby…

21st July

…garden is now so overgrown that much of what was there has been smothered. Tree surgery on the periphery and bold moves to start the Callistemon/Melaleuca etc. collections once again…

13th February

…plants for the Caerhays sales point. The gardens at Caerhays open on the 20th February.Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ is a particularly vulgar blotched colour mixture but a big and bold flower…