…roseum A field of daffodils daffodils Magnolia sprengeri var sprengeri ‘Eric Savill’ not at its best but with a few flowers left Magnolia sprengeri var sprengeri ‘Eric Savill’ Magnolia sprengeri…

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ x Magnolia ‘Wada’s Picture’ and ‘Eric Savill’ is the Savill Garden form of M. sprengeri. ‘Felicity’ and ‘Eric Savill’ look good magnolias but this mix is not!…

…hodgesonii – BLM 323 Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron basilicum Rhododendron basilicum Rhododendron lanatoides Rhododendron lanatoides – KW 5971 Magnolia ‘Eric Savill’ Magnolia ‘Eric…

…‘Eric Savill’ x ‘Felicity’ Magnolia ‘Eric Savill’ x ‘Felicity’ I wonder how many different magnolias (new and old) I have photographed in this wonderful magnolia spring? Approaching 150 or more…

…of wild collected Rhododendron thompsonii. Much better than what we have. Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron thompsonii Magnolia ‘Felicity’ x ‘Eric Savill’ – first flower but poor! Magnolia ‘Felicity’ x ‘Eric Savill’…

…the Savill show. Magnolia denudata ‘Dan Zin’ Magnolia denudata ‘Dan Zin’ Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’ (‘Senkaki’) planted in 1913 and just now into leaf. A wonderful translucent light green through…

…this, clearly and self-evidently, best garden in England, with his new boss (ex Exbury) John Anderson. They will be in the Eric Savill, John Bond, Mark Flannigan mould and maintain…

…the first time at 12-15ft in height. Amazing how it has survived and prospered when nearby rhododendrons are suffering. Michelia doltsopa Prunus matsumae ‘Hanaguruma’ (gift from Savill Garden and Harvey…

…in the cathedral (George was 102) with a few Boscawens due to enter the show at the Savill Garden on Saturday. We will still be tied up with trenches. Badly…

…G Waterhouse’ 2015 – CHW Annual Caerhays Gardening Weekend starts badly. Harvey Stephens, who runs the Savill Gardens, has decided to compete with Caerhays in the magnolia classes at the…

…campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ with its first excellent flowers. What a dark colour and so many flowers on such a young plant. I saw this three years ago at a Savill…

…Wilson1422. The suborbicular and broadly obovate leaves are distinctive and the only specimen I have seen so far that is convincingly the same is at the Savill. It was sourced…

…already in leaf. Disanthus cercidifolius The old Michelia doltsopa by George’s Hut just starting now. Michelia doltsopa Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chindit’ was a gift from Harvey Stephens and the Savill Gardens….

…first saw at The Savill Garden. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ which is dwarf growing and colours up well in cold. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ Nearby is Podocarpus totara ‘Aurea’ which I fear…

…dreadful. I suspect Cornish gardens have fared better than their counterparts in Hampshire, Kent, and other home counties. Exbury and the Savill Gardens can irrigate but they are the exception.https://youtu.be/xur5ezEm7yg…

…better at the Savill Garden where they grow more slowly. This tree was one of several grafted at Lees & Co near Portsmouth by an ex Hillier’s propagator. Acer davidii…

…were not out and nor were all the Thalictrum or Crocosmias. Few people could better this garden as a perfect mix of spring flowering woody ericaceous shrubs and late summer…

…Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron wilsonae (now latoucheae) with a few tail end flowers. Different from the one shown at Savill last week. Rhododendron wilsonae Caragana arborescens ‘Walker’ just out…

…Mahonia species was a gift from Harvey Stephens / Savill Garden. (unnamed) Mahonia species Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Boring though it is I wanted to…

…visitors but, under an ancient arrangement, National Trust members get in for free so you now pay to park as at the Savill Garden. 17,500 people have joined their own…