21st April

Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Manglietia sapaensis does not seem to be on Tom’s master list. Quite a distinct hairy covering…

1st April

…x Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia maudiae. Michelia maudiae Michelia ‘Fairy White’. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia cavalieri. Michelia cavaleriei Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa 2022 – CHW Rhododendron…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…come to Caerhays in the late 1920s according to JCW’s notes. Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Next door is a huge Manglietia insignis which I…

3rd May

…x foggii with their distinctive dense dark green foliage and golden indumentum on the buds. Not far off Michelia doltsopa and not much like Michelia figo really. Michelia x foggii…

22nd April

…few decent flowers on the now nearly leafless Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ has opened a bit more. Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Rhododendron…

30th March

…cavalerei. Michelia macclurei Michelia macclurei In any event Michelia platypetala (M. cavalerei var. platypetala) is quite different from Michelia cavalerei as far as its leaf form and flowers are concerned….

29th March

…shoots are fine. A new entry for the catalogue this year. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ Good plants for sale of Machilus yunnanensis. A rare and unusual…

28th April

…Acer palmatum ‘Skeeters Broom’ The Michelias looking superb in Tunnel 3. Michelias Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Michelia laevifolia…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…different that I do not think so. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopas Michelia doltsopas Michelia doltsopa Next door is a big surprise. Rhododendron arboreum 5392 which turns out to be the…

19th March 1897 – 2020

…The three 1928 michelias above the greenhouse are now believed ALL to be forms of Michelia doltsopa and not Michelia floribunda or Michelia champaca as had been suggested by others….

22nd March

…retires from the RHS in October), my brother and Thomas Methuen-Campbell. Michelia doltsopa MICHELIA floribunda MICHELIA ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ 1996 – FJW Phillip saw first swallows…

2nd March

Michelia macclurei Michelia macclurei Michelia macclurei Camellia reticulata ‘Arch of Triumph’ just starting to flower properly 2-3 years from planting. Camellia reticulata ‘Arch of Triumph’ Camellia reticulata ‘Arch of Triumph’…

5th May

…x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ has made a good show above Crinodendron Hedge. Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia x foggii…

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’…

31st March

…planted in 2017. Interesting bark. Michelia caveana Michelia caveana Michelia floribunda ‘Fansipan Furry’ (FMWJ 13340) not yet large enough to cut. Michelia floribunda ‘Fansipan Furry’ First flower on a Rhododendron…

25th April

…whartonii Ucodendron whartonii Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ just coming out with amazing scent (m.doltsopa x m.figo) Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi…

29th April

…every woodland gardener. MICHELIA maudiae MICHELIA maudiae Michelia maudiae is in full flower as are many other species. We discuss the likelihood that at least two other named species are…

4th March

Michelia tree The biggest Michelia doltsopa by Donkey Shoe. Michelia doltsopa Michael, Tom and Marie Louise Agius inspect our Aucuba omeiensis. Aucuba omeiensis Then on to Tregothnan. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood…

9th March

…this to Maurice Foster on Saturday if it lasts that long as he is one of the great experts! Michelia doltsopa ‘Rusty’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Rusty’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Rusty’ Michelia doltsopa…

28th March

…Acacia verticillata Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ also spot on today. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ In the greenhouse a flower on Michelia laevifolia x Michelia maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’. Michelia laevifolia…