2nd April

…battered and off colour high up (planted 2011). Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ just coming with oddly recurved flowers. 2014 planted (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei’ x…

31st March

…‘Wadas Memory’ Magnolia ‘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…

29th October

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

18th April

…planted at Donkey Show in March. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Berberis xanthoclada in the Isla Rose Plantation flowering for the first time. Asia may be able…

25th December

…high up the shrub to reach. Camellia grijsii The snake bark stems on Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ are outstanding. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Various Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise’ varieties on Burns…

28th December

…see which is good news. Roe deer 2022 – CHW Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ which is a remarkably good snake-bark maple. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Now properly in flower all…

14th August

…Thousands of potted camellia liners excellent also. Thousands of potted camellia liners Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Midnight Marvel’ full out. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Midnight Marvel’ Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’ was a new introduction…

6th December

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

25th May

…with Joe Swift. Four huge cameras and about 20 people assemble for this great moment where we each have one sentence to say. I ask Joe if he knows what…

18th March

…Baby’ just out. Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ flowering as well as I have ever seen it above the Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ The unnamed…