4th May

…Amazing scent and far away its best performance yet. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy

26th April

…but not ‘Blush’ or ‘Fairy Lime’ as yet. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ may be lime green as it opens but this is how it ends up. Very pretty…

22nd October

…‘Shiranami’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ has just arrived. Nice plants. We already have a ‘Fairy White’, a ‘Fairy Blush’, and a ‘Fairy Cream’ and all three have grown and flowered…

12th April

…beside it is nearly over. Neither are as good as the new (to us) ‘Fairy Lime’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ is one of the liliiflora ‘Nigra’…

18th April

‘Fairy White’ finishes flowering beside it. Odd! No colour yet on ‘Fairy White’ or ‘Fairy Blush’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile in full flower and developing well. Daphniphyllum…

29th March

…Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ But Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ are still in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’…

15th February

…‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ exceptional too with no ill effects from the Beast. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ All…

21st April

…as floriferous as usual. Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Last few flowers on an elderly and dying Rhododendron virgatum. Rhododendron virgatum Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ and Rhododendron…

30th March

…hailstorms two weeks ago. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A troika of tiny flowered Camellia ‘Coral Bright’, ‘Fairy Blush’ and ‘Fairy Wand’. Camellia ‘Coral Bright’, ‘Fairy Blush’ and ‘Fairy Wand’ Camellia ‘Coral…

23rd April

…least eight weeks as they do not all come out at the same time. ‘Fairy White’ is well over, ‘Fairy Cream’ at its best and ‘Fairy Lime’ is just starting….