16th March

…on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ is as near black as you can get as it first comes out. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia…

5th March

…in a woodland setting. Scilla bifolia Camellia ‘Black Magic’ almost black in bud. Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Magnolias tower over the woodland valley garden. The dark one may…

30th April

…Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ still flowering well and a very dark red. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Last flower or two on Camellia reticulata…

25th March

…red! This will be a bestseller for many years for Burncoose Nurseries. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Pinus patula has not enjoyed the salt winds and its needles are…

16th August

…Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ with ripe, black berries already. Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ A drought struck specimen box ball and a survivor! Such is life in a heatwave. These box…

13th February

…– I think we have had this before Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ – hardly daffodil like! Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ –…

16th September

…120 year old Camellia sasanqua Malus ‘Indian Magic’ in the Kitchen Garden with secondary flowers and fruit. Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Time for a proper look at the…

1st August

…Dragon’ was attractive and new. Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Magic Dragon’ Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Magic Dragon’ Gaura ‘Rosyjane’ – I pictured last year as a nice bicolour. Gaura ‘Rosyjane’ Gaura ‘Rosyjane’…

2nd January

…double shape. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Still plenty of colour on the mounded Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Ocanee’. All the other forms are now leafless. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Ocanee’ This spreading…

4th April

…‘Practically Magic’ which is similar, I think, to ‘Coral Pink’. Magnolia ‘Practically Magic’ Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’ – very simple and not much of a pleasure so far. Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’…