1st April

…Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ is showing colour too further along the path. No damage! Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Surprisingly the big leafed Rhododendron suoilenhense is opening fast. This…

4th March

…a bit battered. Its leader bends over to one side proving its parentage from Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Then I find a supposedly true Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’…

9th March

…Tennis Court from the lower paddock. view over the Tennis Court Magnolia ‘Albatross’ at its best in the lower paddock. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ – lower paddock….

24th March

…a few low down and perfectly coloured flowers. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ First flowers opening on Magnolia ‘Atlas’. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Rhododendron gingongshanicum…

3rd November

…Two hydrangeas dug out. George’s Hut Magnolia ‘Albatross’ uplifted above the path. Brutal but it will make a better tree eventually. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Camellia taliensis now shedding its…

28th February

…just arrived here. Sad reading. ‘Albatross’ is a cross between Magnolia cylindrica and Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’. ‘Albatross’ The usual contest between the nearby planted New Zealand bred Magnolia…

1st March

…very top of the garden. A huge tree now. Magnolia ‘Philip’s Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Philip’s Surprise’ Ripe buds on Magnolia ‘Albatross’. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ A Rhododendron griffithianum seedling with full new growth…

11th December

…for three months at last. Hypericum lancasteri Leaves still on Peter Borlaise’s Magnolia ‘Albatross’ by George’s Hut which he bred at Lanhydrock. Peter’s funeral was at Lanhydrock church a fortnight…

12th April

…Magnolia ‘Albatross’. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum now full out. Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum A flower on the last elderly but wind blasted Rhododendron sinogrande on Sinogrande Walk. Once…

15th March

…say five days, than in 1903. 1903 – JCW Sir Watkins, Emperor, Horsfieldii, 116, Artemis all out and Princep Mary, Albatross, Seagull, Caerhays, G Spur, H Irving, Maximus and Victoria…