…get much larger and a deeper blue. Rhaphithamnus spinosus The original Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ in the Rookery is a very good colour this year. Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Another view from…

…Frankie digs out the layered stumps The Melliodendron xylocarpum in Rockery is now full out. Melliodendron xylocarpum Melliodendron xylocarpum Magnolia ‘J.C. Williams’ and Magnolia ‘Kew Surprise’ on a very wet…

…Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’. Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’. Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’ Borinda lushuiensis No. 4 ‘Yuhan’ Borinda papyrifera. Borinda…

…the lawn. view across the lawn view across the lawn Magnolia ‘Kews Surprise’ in the paddock below the lawn. Magnolia ‘Kews Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Kews Surprise’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ by…

…Phyllostachys nigra and Magnolia kobus var. borealis go well together. Phyllostachys nigra and Magnolia kobus var. borealis The original Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ in the sun in the Rookery. Magnolia ‘Kew’s…

…first time. This is Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’. Not terribly green really even in bud and not so different from M. cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ which was called M. ‘Sunrise’ originally here….

…afternoon to look at the magnolias at their best on what would normally have been the annual gardening weekend. Magnolia ‘Kew Surprise’ just out in the Auklandii Garden. Magnolia ‘Kew…

…to her notes and files some of which may still be at Kew. Then my holly article will finally be ready for publication. We start with the puzzle that has…

…best plants shown at the dinner were:  Sorbus hedlundii  Euonymus myrianthus  Cobaea pringlei (John d’Arcy)  Diospyros lotus (Kew)  Diospyros kaki (Kew)  Malus transitoria (Hergest…

…Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia campbellii var….