22nd April

…leafless at the top of the tree but a great sight and smell today. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’…

3rd May

…foggii ‘Mixed up Miss’ Michelia foggii ‘Mixed up Miss’ is a completely new (to us) first time flowerer planted only two years ago. Quite rounded buds with rather more purple…

13th March

…out and quite nice really. The adjacent and also 2013 planted Michelia foggii ‘Bubbles’ has died. Michelia foggii ‘Mixed up Mess’ Michelia foggii ‘Mixed up Mess’ Michelia foggii ‘Mixed up…

2nd May

…and quite a small flower. Michelia ‘Mixed up Mess’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Mess’ An ancient white form of Rhododendron racemosum. Normally this is pink. Rhododendron racemosum Rhododendron racemosum Rhododendron ‘Countess…

10th October

…secondary autumn flowers which are nearly as copious as the spring offering. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ 2017 – CHW Amazingly Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ still has flowers showing….

12th September

…US Covid guru Anthony Fauci predicted the virus was ‘akin to a severe flu’ and would therefore kill around 0.1 percent of people. Then fatality rate predictions were somehow mixed

24th April

…araiophyllum Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ coming out properly now. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ also just opening. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ looks a better colour…

14th April

…garden here. We have several plants of both varieties at various ages. To my mind Daybreak conjures up a vision of mixed gentle colours while Peachy should be darker.This is…

1st April

…x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Asia’s cuttings of Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ have prospered. Now in 3L pots and already flowering well. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Beautiful young growth…

2nd April

…Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’. Lots more still to come. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ First flowers on this Rhododendron rothschildii. Not a species I ever remember growing here. Like so many…