25th March

…Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ is M. sprengeri var. ‘Diva’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ and a very good thing bred by Ian Baldick in New Zealand. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia pseudokobus…

22nd April

…think but cannot remember. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ First flower on Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ is a bit battered but a fine colour. A New Zealand hybrid…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…New Zealand hybrids perhaps but very well worth its place. ‘Cleopatra’ is better I think but, perhaps, early days. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ – fair I suppose…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…small grafted plant of this at Rosemoor on Saturday. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ One of the two original and pure white Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’…

17th March

…Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ – a spectacular first flowering. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ The clear up of the felled Thuja hedges is progressing well. clear up of the felled Thuja hedges A young Magnolia…

28th March

…have been wiped out. Higher up the hill Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ has survived. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ These are magnolia flower heads which have dropped to the ground either unopened or totally black…

2nd April

…bench (not ours). Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Tom & Jo Hudson’s superb Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’. Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ The…

5th April

‘Livingstone’. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ A good form of Rhododendron racemosum in Old Park. Rhododendron racemosum Rhododendron racemosum Comptonia peregrina in flower in the greenhouse. Comptonia peregrina Comptonia peregrina Senna stipulacea var….

7th April

…out:Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Even the Gunnera manicata bed is badly frosted. Gunnera manicata This mystery rhododendron…