…see another with such nice white edging to the tepals. A bit wind battered and off colour high up (planted 2011). Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’…

…Shake’ form Lunaplant (M. ‘Purple Globe’ x M. ‘Joe McDaniel’) Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ form Lunaplant (M. ‘Purple Globe’ x M. ‘Joe McDaniel’) Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ (M. x soulangeana ’Lennei Alba’…

…‘Wadas Memory’ First flowering here of Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’. Large plant on the drive at Burncoose. Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ with its first two tiny…

…Baby’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ flowering as well as I have ever seen it above the Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ The unnamed deciduous azalea on the drive which is always…

…still has 2 flowers. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Magnolia ‘Lily Diva’. Magnolia ‘Lily Diva’ Magnolia ‘Lily Diva’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’. Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’. Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ Magnolia…

…a slight pink tinge to the buds. Staphylea holocarpa Staphylea holocarpa Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ just into leaf having been planted at Donkey Show in March. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’…

…colour! Cotinus coggygria Cotinus coggygria Cotinus coggygria ‘Smoky Joe’ – hints of yellow in the darker red. Cotinus coggygria ‘Smoky Joe’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Smoky Joe’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Young Lady’ –…

…x M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ (M. ‘Joe McDaniel’ x M. ‘Purple Gaze’) is getting better and better. A good…

…– unimpressive as it is here. This is another Lunaplant/Gottschalk hybrid – M. ‘Purple Globe’ x M. ‘Joe McDaniel’. Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. ‘Betty Jessel’ –…

…surely! Covered in flowers. Malus hupehensis Magnolia ‘Champaign’ flowering for the first time here (it is spelt correctly!). A Magnolia x loebneri variety selected by Joe McDaniel of Illinois University….

…the best magnolia in the garden this week. Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Then the second wrongly labelled magnolia. It is labelled ‘Joe McDaniel’ but is nothing like it….

…The snake bark stems on Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ are outstanding. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Various Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise’ varieties on Burns Bank are still at their best and covered…

…CHW Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ which is a remarkably good snake-bark maple. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Now properly in flower all of a sudden is Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’…

…– Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Michelia doltsopa rushing out in the mizzle by Georges Hut. Michelia doltsopa The original Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ now full out but…

…griseum Sunshine on the bark of Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ at Donkey Shoe. This was named after Joseph Witt, former curator of Washington Park Arboretum in Oregon. A gift from…

…Marvel’ full out. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Midnight Marvel’ Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’ was a new introduction this year and finally we see the flowers. Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’ Look at the…

…Nothing much of note happens until the BBC turn up amazingly on time to film us in our tweeds on the RCMG stand with Joe Swift. Four huge cameras and…

…‘Apple Blossom’ The Worcester reunion now looking at magnolias rather than hounds (Joe Sharp, Richard & Jacky Morris, Richard Stovin Bradford, Jeremy & Natalie Johnston, John & Pru Folliot Vaughan)….

…we were met by the acting head gardener, Joe Whelan, and Philip Holmes. Here are a few outstanding plants from this 37 acre garden (and arboretum) which had 375,000 visitors…

…that the winner would be revealed on the RHS website today with a press release sent out. So we watch Monty and Joe Swift on the Virtual Chelsea programme at…