19th March

Xing’ M. cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ M. cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ Stachyurus macrocarpus (BSWJ 14678) flowering properly behind its deer protection. Roe deer seem to adore all species of Stachyurus. Stachyurus macrocarpus…

11th August

…which are much the same colour with the same stripes up the sides of the tepals as in March. Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ Aronia arbutifolia ‘Brilliant’…

9th March

…autumn as a threat to traffic on the main A39 road. huge turkey oak felled last autumn Magnolia ‘Genie’ flowering early in the nursery. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’…

9th April

…the register say this an incorrect name for M. ‘Lv Xing’ (i.e. a form of M. cylindrica and sometimes also incorrectly called M. ‘Sunset’). Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’…

28th August

…magnolia before. Very unusual and very spectacular. [It is Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ planted in 2007 which is now renamed as Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’.] magnolia above Burns Bank magnolia above Burns…