…Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia ‘Asian Artistry’ Magnolia ‘Asian Artistry’ Magnolia ‘Asian…

…picture in Eisenhut’s book. A bit bigger flower perhaps than the supposed ‘A. Kalleberg’ yesterday but not much different. Another rogue I fear. Magnolia ‘Asian Artistry’ Magnolia ‘Asian Artistry’ One…

…Magnolia ‘Asian Artistry’. Magnolia ‘Asian Artistry’ Magnolia ‘Asian Artistry’ Magnolia sinostellata has a hint of pink which does not show properly in this photograph. Magnolia sinostellata Magnolia cylindrica x M….

…(DJHV 06111) also with its first flower high up. Crug Farm do supply enormous plants. Should I pollard this back I wonder? Gamblea ciliata var. evodiaefolia Ilex chapaensis with some…

…all the buds thinking they were dead. Droopy habit. Camellia chekiangoleosa Camellia chekiangoleosa Polyspora longicarpa (formerly gordonia) – gordonias are now limited to American species and polyspora are the Asian…

…14515) Viburnum wrightii nearly over. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’ putting on a wonderful show. Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’ Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’ Microtropis petelotii also looks very like…

…Surprise’ Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ out already on the main drive – greenish-cream flower bracts turning white. They will get much bigger yet. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ Cornus ‘Eddie’s White…

…White Wonder’ with its white bracts at about half-size as yet. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ The first deciduous azaleas emerging into flower beyond the Four in Hand. Early by anyone’s…

…I have never really noticed the individual flowers before at the centre of the bracts. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ A smaller and more conventionally sized Magnolia…

…Wonder’ Cornus ‘Eddies White Wonder’ The stump of the old oak tree felled by tree surgeons recently has been turned into a seat for visitors. turned into a seat turned…

…Rival’ And we wonder why branches break off on young magnolias! Six pheasants drying off on this small tree. pheasants drying off 2022 – CHW Schima superba just out into…

…crushing unwitting sunbathers on the beach below. We were told that the horizontal bollards would not be available until Easter but they still seem to have arrived. I do wonder…

…do cover COVID, makes one wonder. The policy wording seems crystal clear and I assume the courts will uphold any challenge from policy holders. Why then are Hiscox playing hardball?…

…‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ VIBURNUM plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ VIBURNUM plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ I wonder if we will ever be told the numbers who voted for each of the 10 Plants of the…

…a Daphne bholua outside the front door early this morning. No wonder they are such hopeless mothers laying randomly like this rather than in a proper nest. egg in a…

…‘Porcelain Dove’ 2023 – CHW This wonderful Rhododendron parishia (CWJ 6346) – (as it is labelled) is clearly from Section ponticum subsection Parishia but what species exactly? Not really much…

…Hovel Cart Road despite the cold wind. Is ‘Ruth’ that much different from ‘Aurora’ I wonder? Both very nice New Zealanders. Magnolia ‘Ruth’ Magnolia ‘Ruth’ The first windblown and far…

…wasnt a known wild source plant. What was the origin of your plant I wonder? Maybe it will still be flowering this weekend? There shouldnt be any difficulty with M….

…at first. I wonder if this clump ever had a name? Rather nice. Rhododendron grande Rhododendron grande Rhododendron grande Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ (a Camellia lutchuensis hybrid) planted last year on…

…this year on Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’. I wonder why? Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Very frosted and dead young Echiums outside the Library window. Elsewhere the larger one year old…