…Another Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ at its best next to three Acacias. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Acacia verticillata just coming out. A large shrub but not a small tree….

…show bench. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Malus hupehensis which has died out at Caerhays. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Cornus nuttallii ‘Pink Blush’ with little pink but a choice…

…laurel hedge. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ 2023 – CHW Pouring with rain at Burncoose. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ is a cross between M. laevifolia and M. maudiae ‘Eternal’. Strangely devoid of…

…group led by Jim Gardiner. We looked at late flowering and yellow magnolias. Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ and Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ were the best of what we saw. It is rather…

…Camellia ‘L T Dees’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ extraordinary holly-like leaves! Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia…

…hailstorms two weeks ago. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A troika of tiny flowered Camellia ‘Coral Bright’, ‘Fairy Blush’ and ‘Fairy Wand’. Camellia ‘Coral Bright’, ‘Fairy Blush’ and ‘Fairy Wand’ Camellia ‘Coral…

…Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ is just opening and the flowers will open out flat which is the great attribute of this Japanese magnolia. So far…

…Windsor. Huge flowers. An excellent magnolia which I think they bred and named although not in Jim Gardiner’s magnolia book? Who was Phelan Bright? Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’…

…was. Another Quercus acuta at the edge of the massive new clearing (1) Another Quercus acuta at the edge of the massive new clearing (2) The new Chinese rhododendron collection…

…looking very fine today. Acacia verticillata Acacia verticillata Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ also spot on today. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ In the greenhouse a flower on Michelia laevifolia x…

…so different from Camellia ‘R L Wheeler’. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ full out above the greenhouse. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ View 31st March 1897 – 2020…

…‘Apollo’ Also on the Magnolia show bench (not ours). Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Tom & Jo Hudson’s superb Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’. Michelia maudiae ‘Golden…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Another visit to a garden on the edge of Bembridge. Exbucklandia populnea being…

…Another new plant for the website – Ceratostigma plumbaginoides ‘Summer Skies’. Ceratostigma plumbaginoides ‘Summer Skies’ The late flowering Kniphofia rooperi. Kniphofia rooperi Eleagnus x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’ with some leaves…

…out. Camellia ‘Debutante’ Camellia ‘Debutante’ This is a windbreak hedge near the sea of the tough Ilex platyphylla. This tree rotted off at the base but still lives on through…

…properly especially if a tractor were to drive too near to the edge. landslide More burning up of fallen trees by the Green Gate. burning up Acacia melanoxylon just out…

…red stems and ripening seed heads. Enkianthus campanulatus Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson and Gold’ with ripe bright red quinces. Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson and Gold’ A single very late flower…

…are low One of the Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ which David Knuceky planted along the edge of the pond. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ The new planting from 2 years ago by the…

…A good show on a very elderly Camellia japonica in a clump. This one with large reddish flowers. Camellia japonica Camellia japonica A Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ at the edge of…

…Malus ‘Evelyn’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ with its huge greenish white flowers. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ A surprise final bud on Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ long after the other flowers have dropped. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’…