…yet. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ may be lime green as it opens but this is how it ends up. Very pretty indeed. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’…

…in flower before so this is a first for us at Caerhays. Tilia henryana is an autumn flowering lime (not out yet) as well so we now have two limes…

…sort of size. Is ‘Fairy Lime’ really going to be that different? Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ 2018 – CHW Autumn colours on Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’. Not…

…called ‘Hellfire’ Crocosmia called ‘Hellfire’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ lives up to its name and is new to Eddington as it is to us. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Hydrangea paniculata…

…Staphylea bolanderi Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ is now rather more visible. Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ More rhododendron stumps get dug out. rhododendron stumps Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver…

…‘Sliver Leaf’ living up to its name. Neolitsea sericea ‘Sliver Leaf’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ making a good show for the first time. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Pittosporum glabratum…

…Another plant which I had forgotten with a few decent flowers. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ far too out to cut for Chelsea. Rhododendron…

…split fairly easily. cutting up the huge beech tree Hedychium x moorei ‘Tara’ planted in 2020 below the Rabbit Warren. Hedychium x moorei ‘Tara’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ has turned…

…Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ has hardly any flower buds and they too are miles off flowering. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ 2024 – CHW A youngish (30 year old) Pinus insignis has fallen…

…do we fail to grow so many Mahonias? What are we doing wrong? Mahonia fortunei ‘Hunter Prince’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ has a lot of pink in the flower when full…

…Tilia henryana Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ full out and looking good – flower and foliage. Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ is turning colour and now greenish. This is an…

…Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ is still in tight bud. If you grew the four fairies in a row (Blush, White, Cream and Lime) as we do in Old Park…

…a (still small) Magnolia ‘Anne Rosse’ x Magnolia ‘Purple Breeze’. First bud showing colour on the new Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Another of Alan Clarke’s introductions…

…to replace/renew lime mix pointing which has fallen out over the years, fill the odd gap in the stone caused by old weed, ivy or creeper growth and to repair…

…is derived Tung oil. Marco Polo wrote in the 13th century ‘The Chinese take some lime and chopped hemp, and these they knead together with a certain wood oil; and…

…Lime. Tilia tuan var. chenmoui Tilia tuan var. chenmoui Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ still growing well on and recovering from the drought. No sign of any colour yet on any of…

…the slugs have got at. We planted half a dozen new species of lime in the spring. This one has done the best so far. Tilia dasystyla Tilia dasystyla Tilia…

…planting and see how well plants are doing. Tilia mexicana is a species of lime which I had forgotten we even had but look at the growth since planting in…

…on around and about (‘Phantom’, ‘White Lady’, ‘Limelight’). It would be a good idea to plant more clumps of the newer paniculata varieties on the drive (‘Skyfall’, ‘Early Sensation’, ‘Little…

…have seen much darker forms elsewhere. Rhododendron oreotrephes Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ comes out as ‘Fairy White’, alongside, is nearly over. This is just as good. ‘Fairy Lime’, also nearby, is…