…Girl’ Rosa ‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Many Happy Returns’ Rosa ‘Many Happy Returns’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ Rosa ‘Deep Secret’ Rosa ‘Deep Secret’…

…x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’ M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’ d) Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’ has its first three dark flowers. Never seen…

…planted this cross. Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ (M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’) Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ (M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’) Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black…

…Queen’ 2021 – CHW The customary pilgrimage to Will Caws’ secret 40 acres of chalk downland at the base of a steep valley where normally there are several species of…

…‘Paul Cook’ – third year of flowering – planted 2014. Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Deep Purple Dream’ – a really good deep colour in…

…hidden away are three good pinkish Rhododendron sinogrande seedlings. Tree damaged a few years ago but a secret surprise. Rhododendron sinogrande seedlings Scrambling further up the bank to view a…

…them. Vermin control is the secret to the survival of songbirds but that is, ‘naturally’, a politically incorrect statement to those who want corvids and raptors to wipe out all…

…but few flowers. Fuchsia exorticatica Fuchsia exorticatica Olearia arborescens just about to flower. Olearia arborescens Olearia arborescens Derelict cottages and farm. Derelict cottages and farm So secret and private was…

…Order numbers much as we have come to expect them in the internet age. The secret of Chelsea success is now in how many visitors Chelsea generates or has generated…

…remained a closely guarded secret between us and its breeder from the Netherlands – Mr Jan-Willem van der Poel.Acer palmatum ‘Metamorphosa’This new plant will be available to pre-order in three…

…have a brand new and superb acer for the stand which will also be entered for the RHS Plant of the Year competition. So secret is it that, until 21st…

…pinkish Rhododendron sinogrande seedlings. Tree damaged a few years ago but a secret surprise. Rhododendron sinogrande seedlings Scrambling further up the bank to view a first time flowerer I am…

…‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. x soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine – not bad and now performing better. Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine Magnolia ‘Pichard’s Ruby’ x…

…M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Good to see a young replacement Magnolia sprengeri ‘Copeland…

…from ‘Mathotiana Rosea’ in 1858. This too is in the Veitch catalogue. Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ The fifth one is a deep red which holds itself half open for a long…

…‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’). Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ (Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’). Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ just coming out. The…

…decently scented. Dianthus ‘Candy Floss’ An interesting new fern which I had not seen before – Cheilanthes lanosa. Cheilanthes lanosa Salvia ‘Deep Blue’. Salvia ‘Deep Blue’ Salvia ‘Amethyst Lips’ is…

…‘Enchanted Romance’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Embers’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Embers’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Flame’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Flame’ Clematis ‘Fascination’ Clematis ‘Fascination’ Clematis ‘Aromatica’ Clematis ‘Aromatica’ Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama Deep Blue’ Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama…

…nothing special apart from a hint of pink in a largish flower. Not much different from Magnolia ‘Alixeed’ below. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Deep Purple Dream’ has small rounded reddish…

…‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ – an interesting first flower. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’ – now named ‘Aphrodite’ or ‘Antje…