…‘Leonora’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Magnolia x veitchii grown from seed from Chollipo Arboretum in Korea above the Green Gate is already making a major show. Magnolia x veitchii Magnolia…

…Tulip’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ some way off its best. Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Endsleigh Pink’ Rhododendron ‘Endsleigh Pink’ Rhododendron williamsianum x martinianum- it has never had a registered name. Rhododendron…

…to Old Park. Magnolia ‘F.J. Willaims’ Magnolia ‘F.J. Willaims’ Lizzie and the newly registered Magnolia ‘Leonora’ just coming out at the top of the tree. Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Another…

…very fine hybrid. Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ A young Magnolia ‘Vairano’ on the main magnolia bank facing the drive. Nice enough but not really that different. Magnolia ‘Vairano’ A view…

…of the new Magnolia ‘Leonora’. (M. ‘F.J. Williams’ x M. campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’). Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ Also more pictures of the equally new Magnolia ‘Coronation’ (M. sprengeri diva…

…as you can see. A trip to Endsleigh gardens and lunch there with Peter and Karen Bickford-Smith. The garden valley is spectacular but no one has planted or cleared anything…

…a furloughed wage packet or two. 2019 – CHW First flowers on Rhododendron impeditum ‘JC Williams’. Rhododendron impeditum ‘JC Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Endsleigh Pink’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Endsleigh Pink’ Rhododendron…

…Otter near Budleigh Salterton built by Clinton Devon Estates and the Environmental Agency. The sea had been kept out of the river valley farmland since the early part of the…

…kaki Diospyros kaki Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ below White Styles. Only planted in 2021 but already making an impact. Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ is extremely well budded for…

…we should name and register this as Magnolia ‘Leonora’ after my aunt who had her 80th birthday last Friday. Registration will have to wait a year or two until we…