…performing well. Rhododendron yakusimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ Rhododendron yakusimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ finally getting established and starting to flower properly. Very slow to get going and does not like…

…Ilex kingiana covered in berries. Ilex kingiana Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ is a serious ‘flopper’ once its flowers are out. Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wada’s…

…that, on the same day, 4 cuttings each of R. wilsonae, R. championae, R. stamineum and R. stenaulum were dispatched to Koichiro Wada, Japan! Another great name in the nursery…

…yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ as their favourite. The president’s eyes say to me: ‘I haven’t really got time to introduce her to you, Charlie. Do you really mind?’. I smile and…

…‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’. Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Fireglow’, M. cylindrica x M. ‘Sawada’s Pink’ – has not passed the test of time!…

…more shelter. Quercus lamellosa Rhododendron desquamatum just opening fully with the odd flower left on Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ behind it. Some years both perform at once. Rhododendron desquamatum 2023 –…

…really but a nice thing. (M. x soulangeana ‘Wada’s Picture’ x M. sprengeri ‘Diva’). Similarly M. ‘Mossman’s Grant’ and M. ‘Frank’s Masterpiece’, which both grow nearby, are not huge flowers…

…‘Theodora’ Magnolia ‘Felicity’ on ‘Eric Savill’ looks poor, dull and uninteresting. M. ‘Felicity’ is Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ x Magnolia ‘Wada’s Picture’ and ‘Eric Savill’ is the Savill Garden form of…

…Magnolia ‘Sundance’. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ and a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Rhododendron macabeanum and Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Rhododendron macabeanum Symplocos paniculata in flower. Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata…

…‘Wada’s Memory’ behind it. Rhododendron macabeanum Good to see the elderly Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ still flowering away. Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ Half…