19th March

…‘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…

6th April

…‘Honey 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….

15th February

…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…

20th February

…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…

23rd February

…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…

4th May

…cobbled and two are concreted. Still some huge tree stumps to dig out as you can see. A trip to Endsleigh gardens and lunch there with Peter and Karen Bickford-Smith….

23rd March

…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…

2nd March

…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…

7th March

…here. The one on the front of the house is white.Rhododendron ‘Endsleigh Pink’ is starting to show in the Auklandii Garden and on Burns Bank. About on time as this…

21st October

…good colour which is initially reddish. Today it is the best of the four which all came from Endsleigh nurseries after a good lunch although I doubt that they were…