April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)
…a different cross. Magnolia ‘Marjorie Congreve’ Magnolia ‘Marjorie Congreve’ Magnolia ‘Marjorie Congreve’ The Magnolia campbellii avenue flanked by Magnolia soulangeanas which were supposed to be all the same but are…
…a different cross. Magnolia ‘Marjorie Congreve’ Magnolia ‘Marjorie Congreve’ Magnolia ‘Marjorie Congreve’ The Magnolia campbellii avenue flanked by Magnolia soulangeanas which were supposed to be all the same but are…
…anyway. A bit of dung around the roots would help. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 2015 – CHW Magnolia ‘Strybing White’ Following a visit to Mount Congreve gardens in…
…Staphylea trifolia 2018 – CHW Day four of the Irish trip – click for full details. Overnight at Ballyvolane House and onwards to Mount Congreve. Mount Congreve House Ballyvolane House…
…Prunus ‘Hally Jolievette’ Rhododendron suoilenhense at its very best. No flower on the ones at Mount Congreve two days ago. Rhododendron suoilenhense At last a good show on our young…
…at Mount Congreve. Ours has faded a bit now full out but still not bad. We have another somewhere I think but cannot remember. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’…
…the leaves did not match so we may still be guessing! Staphylea bumalda Staphylea bumalda Staphylea bumalda Phyllocladus trichomanoides (var. alpinus), which came from Mount Congreve 12 years ago, is…
…has more new shoots than we expected. It will get the Mount Congreve treatment to the stems. The drimys look much better than I feared and need a tidy up…
…originally a scion from Mount Congreve is in full leaf and looking very well two years from planting. Magnolia campbellii yellow form Jaimie told me that Camellia x williamsii ‘November…
…on Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’. Yellow as it opens fading to white. Again too high up to photograph properly. Originally from a graft gifted to us by Mount Congreve. Magnolia…
…the head gardener at Mount Congreve originally in 2007. Phyllocladus trichomanoides var. alpina Phyllocladus trichomanoides var. alpina I was wrong yesterday. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (pink form) is full out above…