23rd November

…2022 – CHW Magnolia lacei (formerly Michelia pachycarpa) growing on well. Magnolia lacei (formerly Michelia pachycarpa) Magnolia compressa (formerly Michelia compressa) also with good growth this year. Magnolia compressa (formerly…

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

compressa) bought in the UK. Tom Hudson’s plant has leaves like this and tiny flowers. Michelia compressa This is a supposed Michelia compressa acquired from overseas which, it now transpires,…

22nd December

…of our oldest Rehderodendron macrocarpum. Rehderodendron macrocarpum Magnolia compressa (formally Michelia compressa) is also a vigorous evergreen. Magnolia compressa Magnolia compressa Still leaves on a Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling below…

29th June

…The Tregrehan compressa is nothing like this. Michelia compressa was mislabelled Rhododendron ‘Dragonfly’ is one I have missed over the years. Huge trusses and a Jaimie label so planted 20…

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…

1st August

…year despite the heat. Clethra mexicana Clethra mexicana Cleyera japonica in flower. (This originally came to us as Magnolia compressa). Cleyera japonica Mallotus japonicus – I think this is a…

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

…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 tunnel….