…in flower. Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum prunifolium Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ in full flower. Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ Rhododendron yakusimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ performing well. Rhododendron yakusimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ Rhododendron yakusimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’…

…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 Memory’ Narcissus…

…to flower. Sorbus megalocarpa Rhododendron wadanum – our clump of 3 is down to only 2. Rhododendron wadanum Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ – the leaves darken with age. Staphylea colchica…

…– she is just explaining how she prefers ‘floppy’ ones rather than the group’s choice of Rhododendron yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ as their favourite. The president’s eyes say to me: ‘I…

…in the heat of the last week. Rhododendron decorum Last flowers on Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ A young Embothrium coccineum ‘Ñorquinco’ doing well as it was on our…

…x soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’ x M. ‘Lanarth’. Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’. Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Fireglow’, M. cylindrica x M. ‘Sawada’s Pink’…

…‘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 either by comparison to modern day hybrids. All…

…Burncoose Garden Karol’s recent overfly of Burncoose Garden Karol’s recent overfly of Burncoose Garden Lamorna admires a magnolia beside a lake in Northern Italy. Perhaps ‘Dr Merrill’ or ‘Wada’s Memory’?…

…a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Rhododendron macabeanum and Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Rhododendron macabeanum Symplocos paniculata in flower. Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata The Fellows gathered on the lawn. The Fellows…

…macabeanum now full out with Magnolia ‘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’…

…Dude’ (M. x soulangeana ‘Wada’s Picture’ x M. sprengeri ‘Diva’). Is this a bit different to the more mature plant behind the greenhouse? Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia…

…is still fully leafed up in 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…

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ x Magnolia ‘Wada’s Picture’ and ‘Eric Savill’ is the Savill Garden form of M. sprengeri. ‘Felicity’ and ‘Eric Savill’ look good magnolias but this mix is not!…