18th April

…‘Honeybelle’ Magnolia ‘Honeybelle’ Could this be Magnolia “Peaches ‘n’ Cream”? Label gone. It matches up to the pictures which we have. Magnolia “Peaches ‘n’ Cream” Magnolia “Peaches ‘n’ Cream” First…

11th April

…in tight bud. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum (as in rhodo species pocket guide) (? var. atrorubens as on label) just out….

18th May

…here. (This is yet another subspecies of R. reticulatum.) Azalea wadanum ‘Album’ First flower this year on Rhododendron lindleyi. Rhododendron lindleyi Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ looking the best it ever has…

29th March

…Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ But Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ are still in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’…

31st July

…Sky’ (it was not – quite the reverse opposite Tesco’s today!) ‘Sunny Sky’ ‘Sunny Sky’ ‘Cream Abundance’ – sadly no scent in the rain. ‘Cream Abundance’ ‘Cream Abundance’ A very…

21st July

…‘Wisley Cream’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ The best blue hydrangea clump in the garden Dad always maintained in shade above the Auklandii Garden. A better blue than Hydrangea…

4th May

…White’ growing side by side. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ is just as good as the other colours and just as scented. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’…

3rd May

…beside it above Roger’s Quarry. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Cream’ full out and Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Cream’ I think Rhododendron floccigerum is my favourite Rhodo species. It’s the…

28th April

…superb in Tunnel 3. Michelias Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Magnolia…

4th March

…‘Fairy Cream’ nicely out in Old Park. Impressively quick growth into a sizeable small tree. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Tree surgeons felling some elderly sweet chestnuts in Old…