5th May

…x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ has made a good show above Crinodendron Hedge. Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii…

2nd May

…Spring’ living up to its name. Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden Spring’ Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden Spring’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ was a gift from a Swiss nursery friend. A new one for…

1st May

…flower buds. Maddenia hypoleuca Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ is also now flowering properly. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ 2024 – CHW Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Hattie Carthan’ on…

19th May

…Rhododendron sinofalconeri (CW&T 6405) Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ is perhaps the best show in the garden today. Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ smelling splendid. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack

17th April

…showing colour. Wonderful bud coverings! Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ What a sight the Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ makes through the arch! Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ The bluebell crop…

25th April

…whartonii Ucodendron whartonii Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ just coming out with amazing scent (m.doltsopa x m.figo) Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi…

7th June

…of Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ The first flowers on Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ just emerging. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ First flowers just…

14th April

…the main fernery by Tim and Jack who started working here this week (from Trewarthenick). A decent fire beside the well frosted tree fern fronds which they have not yet…

24th May

…is not much different to M. figo. A little pink on the flower tips instead of rather more purple. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Rhododendron…

30th April

…– a later flowering form. Rhododendron veitchianum ‘Cubittii’ Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ in bud but, as yet, without scent. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ will not…

16th October

…ever seen. Decaisnea fargesii Another strange and unusual secondary flower on Michelie x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelie x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ More flowers now high up on Camellia xwilliamsii ‘November…

22nd April

…This is Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ which will not be winning any prizes! Not one of the yellows that has made the grade. Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Still a…

26th May

…x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Rhododendron yakushimanum. Rhododendron yakushimanum Rhododendron excellens (C&H 7180) is pale yellow initially fading to white. Rhododendron excellens (C&H 7180) Rhododendron excellens…

26th April

…2022 on poor soil with deer fencing and a watering system. Here Tilia endochrysea. Tilia endochrysea Three Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ getting going. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ New growth on…

19th December

…in Storm Darragh. snakebark maple Velvet buds on Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Nice scent on Camellia grijsii. Camellia grijsii Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ and…

16th December

…Ginkgo biloba fell as the sunshine caught the frost. They literally crackled to the ground. Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba Frosted Zantedeschia aethiopica. Frosted Zantedeschia aethiopica An immature pigeon squab dead…

14th May

…Rockery. You have to look hard to find the odd flower from the stem. Planted in 2011. Berberis amurensis var. latifolia (BSWJ 8539) Jack Tidball’s wedding tent on Beach Meadow….

1st June

…originating from Maypeng in Taiwan. Neolitsea aciculata First flowers just showing on Stewartia rostrata in a shady spot. Stewartia rostrata Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ still covered in flowers weeks…

22nd June

…flower was about three weeks ago. Magnolia globosa Magnolia globosa Still plenty of flower on Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ – two months at least in flower. Michelia x foggii…

12th July

…flowers still on Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Another good clump of Rhododendron maddenii near Tin Garden just opening. Very few flowers this year. Rhododendron…