…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…

…gratum Magnolia ‘Eric Savill’ x ‘Felicity’ – not that exciting as yet but may improve on this first flowering. Magnolia ‘Eric Savill’ x ‘Felicity’ Magnolia ‘Eric Savill’ x ‘Felicity’ I…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…has small rounded reddish flowers. Different but nothing outstanding. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Prunus matsumae ‘Hanaguruma’ was given to us by Harvey Stephens of the Savill Gardens….

…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…

…Windsor’s exhibit at the Savill Gardens. Later into flower too than our old plant in the Rookery which is over. Rhododendron serpyllifolium Rhododendron serpyllifolium 2016 – CHW The Chaenomales ‘Geisha…