7th March

…Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcano’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J.C.Williams’ – no name either. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J.C.Williams’ Magnolia ‘Aurora’ is spectacular. 2010 planted. Magnolia ‘Aurora’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s…

15th March

…Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ and Magnolia ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ and Magnolia ‘Apollo’ 2023 – CHW A Burncoose planting day.Clematis armandii coming out in the nursery. Clematis armandii Daphne…

17th March

…Lindera reflexa Lindera reflexa Illicium macranthum (BSWJ 11809) flowering here for the first time. Illicium macranthum Illicium macranthum Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia…

8th March

…the plant is growing well. Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x Magnolia ‘JC Williams’ has promise. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x Magnolia ‘JC Williams’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x Magnolia ‘JC Williams’ is…

2nd March

…now a proper name? Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Wakehurst’ is really good today. Magnolia campbellii ‘Wakehurst’ Magnolia campbellii…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ is a bit battered in the wind but promising. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Deep Purple Dream’ shows potential for the…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Cloud’ is another misnamed one really (like Magnolia zenii ‘Pink Parchment’). Just a hint of pink in…

17th September

…x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ with very dark and very late secondary flowers which have been attacked by slugs and snails. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ The clump of Chusquea gigantia…

7th June

…We needed website photos. Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’. Flowering with the…

5th April

…Pudding’ a) Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ is a nice shaped cup like Brixton Belle but a rather muddy colour and not one to get too excited about. MAGNOLIA ‘Cleopatra’ MAGNOLIA ‘Cleopatra’…

22nd August

…is a cross between Aesculus flava and Aesculus sylvatica. Aesculus x glaucescens Aesculus x glaucescens A single secondary flower on Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’. Rather a darker colour than its spring flowers….

8th March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ – rather windblown. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ (Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia denudata) nearly full out and very dark against a dark sky….

26th February 1897 – 2020

…the Burncoose cash point I find a nice plant of Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’, one of Vance Hooper’s New Zealand creations. It is very nice indeed. We have a plant or two…

15th December

…Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ A huge fallen leaf from Magnolia dealbata. leaf from Magnolia dealbata 2021 – CHW Reports of a Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ being out in flower on…

9th August

…triphyllum Plenty of berries on a female form of Ilex cornuta. Ilex cornuta Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ covered in secondary flowers as it was last year. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Hoheria stylosa ‘Snow White’…

1st October

…‘Glauca’ absolutely smothered in flower cones. Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ 2021 – CHW Early autumn colour on Stewartia x henryae.Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ now has even more dark secondary flowers. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ A…

16th September

…Magnolia ‘Yakeo’. Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Not quite out yet on Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ 2021 – CHW Buddleia forrestii in flower by the garden entrance. White buds turning pinkish when they…

4th September

…growth. Daphnephyllum teysmannii Late secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Cornus controversa covered in fruits. Cornus controversa Still catkins on Salix fargesii on secondary or tertiary new growth. Salix…

31st August

…bark now as well. Interesting bark Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ and Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ and Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda Cornus pumila is romping away. Cornus pumila A single secondary flower on a very…

31st March

…now too against a cold blue sky. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ has been out for weeks. Still holding up well despite all the east wind and some frost. Magnolia…