…is an Amos Pickard seedling from Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Picture’. Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ grows nearby and on the drive. Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ 2020 – CHW First cuckoo…

…slowly comes out. A long lasting flower by magnolia standards. Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ First flowers on the drive plant of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. This is flowering very…

…‘Pickards Garnet’ is still pretty good. It is the white edging and insides to the tepals that makes this special. The Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ nearby has few flowers this year….

…plants. Rhododendron albrectii Rhododendron albrectii Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ as good as I have ever seen it. Actually I think it is ‘Pickards Ruby’ – Garnet is nearby. ‘Pickards Ruby’ ‘Pickards…

…flowers out two months early. I saw this too on a plant near Trewithen House in early February and at Burncoose. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ (possibly ‘Pickards Ruby’) has…

…is still green. Cercis glabra Ilex verticillata berrying earlier than usual. Ilex verticillata Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ also living well up to its name. Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Gaultheria mucronata…

…flower on Rhaphiolepsis umbellata. Rhaphiolepsis umbellata Grevillea juniperina sulphurea just in flower. Grevillea juniperina sulphurea Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ earning its name! Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Hebe franciscana ‘Variegata’ (‘Silver…