26th April

…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’…

6th July

…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…

25th August

…us at Caerhays. Tilia henryana is an autumn flowering lime (not out yet) as well so we now have two limes which flower out of season. Peculiar, but a rather…

22nd October

…in height now after three or four years from planting at this sort of size. Is ‘Fairy Lime’ really going to be that different? Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia (Michelia)…

12th April

…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…

18th April

…‘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…

10th May

…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…

23rd April

…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…

30th April

…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…

27th August

…– flower and foliage. Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ is turning colour and now greenish. This is an exceptionally good smallish growing paniculata variety with huge flowers. Hydrangea…

1st September

…Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ has turned a nice pinkish-red. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Hedychium tengchongense (WWJ 11964) just out. Hedychium tengchongense (WWJ 11964) Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ just outside my…

12th January

…normal for these two adjacent plants. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ is two months from flowering as well. Michelia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ has hardly any flower buds…

8th April 1897 – 2020

…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 – a…

3rd February

…in the recent floods. new bridge Dry Walls has catastrophic damage. A lime tree has smashed the new bridge here. Dry Walls has catastrophic damage Dry Walls has catastrophic damage…

10th April

…Savills ‘homework’ quite a bit of the time. Some of his children have been drafted into the packing sheds. We put out for planting Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’, M. ‘Touch of…

11th April

…form. I 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…

20th April

…price that the rest of the country is paying for each death!Six different young lime trees photographed today (and three more for website care articles) which I must do again…

4th May

…best. We have the 4th one of these, Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’, above Rogers Quarry, but no flowers as yet although it is growing well. (I looked at it 2 days…

18th May

…back of a dead Scots Pine. It might be Fuligo septica var. flava – a slime mold. Fuligo septica var. flava Fuligo septica var. flava 2024 – CHW Considerably more…

29th May

…name. Also the Fairy Lime which does sound like a genuine colour break. Mark Jury bred not Vance Hooper after looking up.Kind regards, TomPS My turn next….. 2019 – CHW…