25th May

…Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Aesculus sylvatica planted in Tin Garden has its first six flowers. This is another good addition to the Aesculus collection although…

24th May

…was a long time before I could obtain a plant. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ What I think is one of my father’s elliotii hybrids – very dark and…

1st August

‘Athens’ Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Another flower on the 1998 planted Magnolia delavayi which Jaimie thinks was from Clive Shilton. It is different to the normal delavayi. Magnolia delavayi The outer…

14th June

…Shop Belvoir Farm Shop Belvoir Farm Shop 2023 – CHW An unexpected early drought casualty is Calycanthus ‘Athens’. Calycanthus ‘Athens’   Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ is struggling into flower and…

18th June

…showing colour. Magnolia globosa Magnolia globosa Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ First flowering at Caerhays of the yellow Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’. Not as nice as when I saw it on ‘Acer’ Harris’…

31st July

…bud opens. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Plenty of fat seeds on Styrax hookeri. Styrax hookeri Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ with a very late flush of secondary flower. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Rhododendron…

9th August

…is a spreading small tree and quite different in habit. Clethra monostachya Clethra monostachya Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ still has plenty of flowers. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Male and female catkin flowers…