8th March

…the Registrar. We will have to wait and see. Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Jaimie’s…

21st July 1897 – 2020

…to flower this late. Harrow Hybrid rhododendrons Harrow Hybrid rhododendrons Harrow Hybrid rhododendrons Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ is just starting to drop. The bracts are enormous and have latterly gone…

10th March 1897 – 2020

…Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii) – Gresham hybrid Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ I missed Magnolia ‘Sulphur Cockatoo’ (Gresham hybrid), Magnolia ‘Pickards Firefly’ and Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ which were…

5th March 1897 – 2020

…survived from what was originally a clump. red hybrid red hybrid Another pink hybrid amid a clump of FJW seedlings. pink hybrid pink hybrid Amid the rain the magnolias stand…

28th April

…is a Cornish hybrid from Tremough Rhododendron thomsonii hybrid Rhododendron thomsonii hybrid Rhododendron thomsonii hybrid Rhododendron thomsonii hybrid The trunk of a record Cupressus macrocarpa. Cupressus macrocarpa Azalea luteum in…

9th May 1897 – 2020

…leaf form but still not correct. Rhododendron ‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ Another pleasant yellow royalii hybrid. yellowish royalii hybrid yellowish royalii hybrid Azalea ‘Cannons Double’ is just…

16th March

…‘Cassandra’ 2025 – CHW Philip Tregunna’s as yet unnamed hybrid on the drive. Is it sufficiently different to merit registration? Borderline. Philip Tregunna’s as yet unnamed hybrid Philip Tregunna’s as…

27th April

…species/hybrid 1 vase 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ – Awarded the Quicke Cup for best Magnolia exhibit in show 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ Any species/hybrid except acuminata single bloom…

6th March

…sun. unnamed seeding hybrid unnamed seeding hybrid First flowers I have seen (and rather later than usual this year as well) on Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. High up on the plant….

18th March

…one spray R. siderophyllum Any hybrid one truss R. Unknown – 2nd Any tender species or hybrid one spray R. ‘Maisie’ – 1st Early Magnolia competition Three different species, hybrids…

2nd March

…fear we may have lost the crossing records for this plant. Very good today. hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid

14th February 1897 – 2020

…the path towards Rookery Gate. [Edit: please see Anthony Synott’s comment below – it is irrorata anthosphaerum!] rhododendron hybrid rhododendron hybrid rhododendron hybrid A good plant of Rhododendron rireii in…

28th May 1897 – 2020

…was clearly planted in profusion in the period 1905 to 1930 as the garden in Old Park developed. ponticum hybrid ponticum hybrid ponticum hybrid ponticum hybrid A nice young group…

14th May 1897 – 2020

…couple of months’ time. unnamed rhododendron hybrid unnamed rhododendron hybrid unnamed rhododendron hybrid unnamed rhododendron hybrid To my surprise I find a clump of three plants on Bond Street which…

26th April 1897 – 2020

…veitchiorum This looks like a royalii hybrid but I do not have a name. royalii hybrid royalii hybrid royalii hybrid Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ nicely out. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Palibini’ Enkianthus campanulatus…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…A good red hybrid. Rather better than ‘Cornish Red’ and very near the original clump of Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. red hybrid red hybrid A newly planted (today) Podocarpus spinulosus which…

10th February

…Camellia japonica ‘Red Dahlia’ Camellia japonica ‘Red Dahlia’ Camellia ‘New Venture’ outside Roy and Ann Key’s garden at The Pound. Philip Tregunna, who bred this new hybrid to celebrate the…

21st February

…‘F J Williams’ x Magnolia campbellii – crossed in 2005 and planted 2011. new hybrid new hybrid First rather poor flower on the new German bred Magnolia ‘Diana’ which awaits…

5th March

…colour in its third year of flowering. More news on this soon. Jaimie’s new hybrid Jaimie’s new hybrid Magnolia ‘Hawk’ just out. Magnolia ‘Hawk’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’. Magnolia sargentiana…

10th April

hybrid between Rhododendron ‘Titness Park’ (a calophytum cross or form I was given by Windsor) and Rhododendron ‘Rebecca’ (a Caerhays bred hybrid) growing and prospering below Slip Rail. Well worth…