…mass of colour. Prunus incisa Prunus incisa Magnolia ‘Banana Split’. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ – gorgeous colour mix. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia…

…Apricot’. ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ 2017 – CHW First flowers on Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ and Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’, both lace-caps by the sales point. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’…

…Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Could not resist more Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ as the tepal colours change. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’…

…‘Apricot Brandy’ with one flower out and the peculiar coloured buds. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ is the first one of the campanulatus varieties to be…

…‘Chip Luma’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ – silly name perhaps but not entirely inaccurate. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ with its peculiar buds and aptly named flowers. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’…

…fine display of mixed colours of aquilegia has suddenly emerged from the bare soil. aquilegia Rhododendron royallii ‘Caerhays Apricot’ Rhododendron royallii ‘Caerhays Apricot’ Rhododendron royallii ‘Caerhays Apricot’ This rhododendron was…

…flower as usual. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ plastered in bracts. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cutting back the deciduous azaleas to remove ivy…

…Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ in the sun beside the old playhouse. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ has been cut for the show. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Rose…

…Lindera erythrocarpa Lindera erythrocarpa Prunus ‘Pink Perfection’ Prunus ‘Pink Perfection’ Prunus ‘Horinji’. Prunus ‘Horinji’ Prunus ‘Horinji’ Jaimie’s magnolia entries in the class for 3 sprays:- Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’. Magnolia ‘Apricot…

…M. ‘Tikitere’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata single bloom 1st – M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ 1st – M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata 1 spray 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ 1st…

…hirtinervus Enkianthus hirtinervus Azalea ‘Moidart’ in full shade. Also very late into flower and a gentle apricot-pink fading paler here. Azalea ‘Moidart’ Azalea ‘Moidart’ Rhododendron dichroanthum var. apodectum. An ancient…

…year old Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ very dead. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ And another rhododendron. another rhododendron Just one seed on a new, virtually dead, ancient Rehderodendron macrocarpum. The drought has hastened…

…(Rhododendron spinuliferum x Rhododendron burmanicum) Rhododendron ‘Spinbur’ Aucuba himalaica var. dolichophylla Aucuba himalaica var. dolichophylla Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Amazing daffodils from Ron Scamp.‘Apricot Whirl’ ‘Apricot Whirl’ ‘Pink…

…Hayward RCMG with posy for the Queen – Photo Courtesy of Sally. Queen’s Visit – Photo Courtesy of Sally. Then we get to the royal visit. The RHS say they…

…a pure white ‘red hot poker’ before. Kniphofia ‘Ice Queen’ Kniphofia ‘Ice Queen’ Olearia virgata, I think, in flower in the rain. Olearia virgata, Sorbaria tomentosa (possibly) var angustifolia with…

…down where they do not catch the sun. As of today’s date very similar to ‘Wisley Queen’? Cornus kousa ‘WCBCRI’ Nyssa aquatica is very late into leaf. The leaves are…

…hint of pink in the flowers and the leaves hairy. Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro-Kapitan’ Alchemilla mollis and Erysimum ‘Apricot Twist’. Alchemilla mollis A fine display of Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’. Carex oshimensis…

…cup on our behalf from David Millais Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’, ‘Genie’, ‘Margaret Helen’, ‘Tikitere’ and ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’, ‘Hot Flush’, ‘Yuchelia’, ‘Banana Split’, ‘Tropicana’ and ‘Lemon Star’ 2021 –…

…quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ above the greenhouse has made a much larger plant. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ 2019 – CHW The RHS have just given AGMs to…

…in a rather exposed, but prominent, situation. Blue Cedar The Queen Mother’s magnolia (seedling) was planted by her near George’s Hut on 11th April 1981. Queen Mother’s magnolia I have…