…but I have seen larger fruits on the clump at Lanarth. The flower is quite magnolia-like when you think about it. banana flower banana flower banana flower 2016 – CHW…

…a totem pole. This means you do not have to see the fairly disgusting flowers close up. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ My father told Jaimie that Rhododendron ‘Hotei’…

…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…

…side by side. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ is just as good as the other colours and just as scented. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ The 3…

…producing the goods. Camellia ‘Nuccio’s Gem’ First flowers finally showing colour on Magnolia ‘Daphne’. Magnolia ‘Daphne’ Magnolia ‘Daphne’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ now living up to its name. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’…

…Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ better than I remember. Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ a bit wind battered. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Seamus O’Brien and his Irish friends below Rhododendron ‘Mrs. Butler’. Seamus O’Brien…

…Cream’ – the name seems to apply more to the buds than the fully open flower unless these two are labelled the wrong way around? Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’ Helenium ‘Ruby…

…still in tight bud. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum (as in rhodo species pocket guide) (? var. atrorubens as on label) just…

…‘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’…

…Label gone. It matches up to the pictures which we have. Magnolia “Peaches ‘n’ Cream” Magnolia “Peaches ‘n’ Cream” First flowering with us (and long awaited) of Ucodendron whatonii which…

…Cream’ now at its best. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ flowering for the first time that I have noticed. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ Magnolia laevifolia…

…crown at all and no suckers! Paulownia tomentosa 2022 – CHW Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ still has a few flowers showing despite the heavy and welcome rainstorms of late which delivered…

…an enormous Encephalartos transvenosus. Encephalartos transvenosus An equally enormous Encephalartos lebomboensis with a flower cone Encephalartos lebomboensis Encephalartos lebomboensis A 10 foot tall banana A 10 foot tall banana Encephalartos…

…name now does it credit when it is full out. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ First flower on Magnolia ‘Banana Split’. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Sunset…

…unknown banana in flower. banana Neil sets fire to his Xanthorrhoea glauca to avoid the stems getting top heavy with old leaves and snapping off in the wind. Xanthorrhoea glauca…

…bees. Laurus azorica Laurus nobilis is nothing like as good in flower. Laurus nobilis Aesculus assamica just coming into leaf. Aesculus assamica Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ is now properly out. Magnolia…

…Magnolia ‘Peaches and Cream’ – a few late flowers. Magnolia ‘Peaches and Cream’ Sorbus thompsonii with attractive silvery-purple new leaves – planted 2010. Sorbus thompsonii Sorbus thompsonii Tilia miqueliana (the…

…in Cornwall. Mining tin and lithium in Cornwall Cornwall Seaweed Company. Cornwall Seaweed Company Fishing. Fishing Cornish Cream. Cornish Cream Cornish Apple Growing. Cornish Apple Growing China Clay. China Clay…

…quite the reverse opposite Tesco’s today!) ‘Sunny Sky’ ‘Sunny Sky’ ‘Cream Abundance’ – sadly no scent in the rain. ‘Cream Abundance’ ‘Cream Abundance’ A very ripe fig on a rather…

…var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ with the seed heads now swelling. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ The best blue hydrangea clump in the garden…