23rd November

…Michelia pachycarpa) growing on well. Magnolia lacei (formerly Michelia pachycarpa) Magnolia compressa (formerly Michelia compressa) also with good growth this year. Magnolia compressa (formerly Michelia compressa) Magnolia compressa (formerly Michelia…

25th January

…to replace the elderly ones which have died. Daphniphyllum macropodum Magnolia compressa (Michelia compressa) is a small leaved evergreen – again no flowers here as yet. Magnolia compressa (Michelia compressa)…

21st April

…Tom says is crap even in New Zealand where his father grew it and cut it down. Michelia compressa Michelia compressa Cleyera japonica used to grow at Caerhays as a…

22nd April

…magnolia collection. Magnolia (Michelia) compressa Magnolia (Michelia) compressa John Marston now thinks that the errant plant is in fact Cleyera japonica and I entirely agree. Here are pictures of our…

12th November

…yet out. Schefflera delavayi   Another Schefflera delavayi with even more flower heads and a spreading habit. Greener leaves too. Schefflera delavayi This is the true Michelia compressa (Magnolia compressa)…

22nd December

…macrocarpum Magnolia compressa (formally Michelia compressa) is also a vigorous evergreen. Magnolia compressa Magnolia compressa Still leaves on a Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling below Donkey Shoe. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ 2022…

29th June

…making good growth too. Planted last autumn. Sizygium smithii First flower on a newly planted Viburnum fansipanense. Viburnum fansipanense We always knew that this Michelia compressa was mislabelled when sold…

8th April

…Ceanothus cuneatus var ramulosus which we should stock. Ceanothus cuneatus var ramulosus Ceanothus cuneatus var ramulosus A fine Juniperus communis ‘Compressa’. Juniperus communis ‘Compressa’ This 90 year old freestanding wisteria…

10th February

…Magnolia ‘Little Starlet’/ unknown parentage, most likely a hybrid between M laevifolia and M compressa Magnolia sp. Ogisu 700 / Magnolia sinensis Ogisu 700, from Sichuan M. yuyuanensis x insignis…

17th July

…CHW The flower buds on what we know is not Michaelia compressa have not advanced much in a month so we remain none the wiser as yet. flower buds Every…

27th July

…as this. When the plants arrived here from Holland years ago they were labelled Michelia compressa and we mistakenly sold them as that. This was a leftover from the show…

1st August

…Will the flower still come out? Schefflera megaphylla Mr Norton suggests that our misnamed Michelia compressa might be Cleyera japonica? The flowers are just showing colour now but not out….