18th April

…open. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ A rather poor form of…

14th March

…of the wood centre of the wood centre of the wood centre of the wood A true Magnolia sprengeri var diva long lost and forgotten is now flowering nicely. Magnolia…

11th April

…in tight bud. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum (as in rhodo species pocket guide) (? var. atrorubens as on label) just out….

18th May

…here. (This is yet another subspecies of R. reticulatum.) Azalea wadanum ‘Album’ First flower this year on Rhododendron lindleyi. Rhododendron lindleyi Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ looking the best it ever has…

28th April

…polychroma Telopea speciosissima ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ flowering away. Telopea speciosissima ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ Acer palmatum ‘Skeeters Broom’ looking wonderful with its new growth full out. Acer palmatum ‘Skeeters Broom’ The Michelias looking…

15th September

…of becoming a decent timber crop in 50 to 60 years’ time. Brownberry Wood Brownberry Wood Brownberry Wood 2017 – CHW Completing the annual tree survey in Burncoose Garden.A big…

4th March

…‘Fairy Cream’ nicely out in Old Park. Impressively quick growth into a sizeable small tree. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Tree surgeons felling some elderly sweet chestnuts in Old…

3rd May

…beside it above Roger’s Quarry. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Cream’ full out and Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Cream’ I think Rhododendron floccigerum is my favourite Rhodo species. It’s the…

4th May

…hue on the buds has vanished. Many more flowers than I had first thought. Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’ on…

29th March

…Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ But Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ are still in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’…