4th March

…‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia campbellii alba seedling with the huge flowers. Magnolia campbellii alba seedling Magnolia campbellii alba seedling Magnolia campbellii alba seedling Magnolia campbellii alba seedling Magnolia…

24th February

…are not showing colour as yet. This is normal! Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling A second Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ planted only in…

1st February

…starting to come out. The first soulangeana variety eight to ten weeks early at least. Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’…

3rd April

…M. soulangeana close-up soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ MAGNOLIA officialis ‘Bilboa’ Apart from being untidy there are good displays from the 1920s original and newish Magnolia soulangeanas and especially soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’….

11th March

…Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia campbellii var….

18th March

…campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. ‘Fairy White’ Single bloom any species, hybrid or cultivar M. ‘Felix Jury’ – 1st and the Brother Vincent…

17th February

…Tarporley. The garden at Manley Cottage was springing into life. Chaenomales x superba ‘Nicoline’ Chaenomales x superba ‘Nicoline’ Chaenomales x superba ‘Nicoline’ Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ full out with plenty…

25th December

…unusual in recent mild winters but unbelievable to previous generations. Magnolia grandifloras Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ nearly out by the greenhouses – not unusual. Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ Camellia…

23rd February

‘Alba’ seedling but nearer the true Chinese original. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ The New Zealand form of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ is at its…

1st April

…and a very campbellii alba shape. Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling Magnolia ‘Kews Surprise’ with M campbellii alba seedlings behind it is similarly drab today but what…